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The event of Yawm al-Nakhla (Arabic: يوم نخلة) was an armed conflict between the forces of the Himyarite Kingdom and the Tribes of Arabia which happened around the 3rd century CE in Pre-Islamic Mecca.
The first battle this year is known as yawm ʿUkāẓ or yawm Sharab. On this occasion, the Quraysh and Kinana won. However, another fight followed—the eighth day of fighting in total: yawm al-Ḥurayra, so named because it took place on the Harra near Ukaz, and again the Hawazin won. Peace was restored after a few further skirmishes.
[2] [3]: 218 The Nakhla Raid was the seventh caravan raid, and the first successful raid against the Meccans. It took place in Rajab 2 A.H. (January 624 C.E. ). The commander was 'Abdullah ibn Jahsh al-Asadi , [ 3 ] : 218 [ 4 ] whom Muhammad dispatched to Nakhlah as the head of 12 Emigrants with six camels.
The Battle of Dhat Irq (Arabic: معركة ذات عرق) was an armed conflict which took place between the forces of Nebuchadnezzar II and the Hijazi Arab tribes around 599 BCE. It ended in a victory for the Neo-Babylonian Empire and occurred in the sixth year of Nebuchadnezzar's rule.
Fihr ibn Malik married Layla bint al-Harith, a woman from the Banu Hudhayl tribe, and from this marriage he had several sons, including Ghalib, Muharib, Harith, As'ad, Awf, Jawn, and Dhi'b. When Islam began to rise in the 7th century, the descendants of Fihr amongst the Quraysh tribal confederation held influential positions in Mecca .
Days of the Arabs (Arabic: أيام العرب, romanized: Ayyām al-ʿArab) is a collection of the oldest extant Arabic narratives. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]It contains ...
Sūq ʿUkāẓ (Arabic: سوق عكاظ [suːq ʕʊ.kaːðˤ]), or Al-Ukadh, is a historical souk at ʿUkāẓ, between Nakhla and Taif, in Saudi Arabia. It was the largest and best known annual fair in pre-Islamic times. [1] Today it is a popular tourist destination. [2]
Dīn (Arabic: دين, romanized: Dīn, also anglicized as Deen) is an Arabic word with three general senses: judgment, custom, and religion. [1] It is used by both Muslims and Arab Christians . In Islamic terminology, the word refers to the way of life Muslims must adopt to comply with divine law , encompassing beliefs, character and deeds. [ 2 ]