Battle of Buhran
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| Date | beginning of Rabi' II/September- October, or 6th of Jumada I or Jumada II, 3/25th October or 24th November 624 |
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| Place | Buhran, or Bahran |
| Coordinates | About 200 km south of Medina |
| Cause | Preventing the conspiracy of Bani Salim |
| Result | Banu Sulaym scattered around and the Prophet (s) returned without any military combat |
| Belligerents | |
| Muslims, with an army of 300 soldiers A large number of Banu Sulaym tribe | |
| Commanders | |
| The Prophet (s) Bani Salim | |
The Battle of Buḥrān (Arabic:غزوة بحران), or Baḥrān, was a Ghazwa of Prophet Muhammad (s) which took place in Buhran, or Bahran. It is located in a region called Wadi l-Fur' in Hijaz between Medina and Mecca. No military clash took place in Buhran. It is also called the Battle of al-Fur' and the Battle of Bani Sulaym.
Location
The Battle of Buhran took place in Wadi l-Fur' in Hijaz in a rejoin between Mecca and Medina. According to Ibn Ishaq, Buhran was a mine in Hijaz which belonged to al-Hajjaj b. 'Alat al-Bihzi.[1]
Reasons behind the Battle
In 3/624, Prophet Muhammad (s) was informed that a large number of Banu Sulaym tribe's members were planning a conspiracy in Buhran. Then Prophet (s) appointed Ibn Umm Maktum as his deputy in Medina and set out for Buhran with three hundred of his soldiers. However Banu Sulaym scattered around and Prophet Muhammad (s) returned to the city without any military combat.[2]
Date of Ghazwa
Some sources stated that the Battle of Buhran took place in the beginning of Rabi' II/September- October; while some sources stated that it took place on the 6th of Jumada I or Jumada II/25th October or 24th November. Prophet Muhammad (s) was out of Medina for ten or eleven days to deal with the issue.[3]
The Battle of Buhran took place a while before the Battle of Uhud. It is among the eleven ghazwas which no military combat took place.[4] It is also called the Battle of al-Fur' and the Battle of Bani Sulaym.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān, vol. 1, p. 341.
- ↑ Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 2, p. 24; vol. 4, p. 153; Ibn Hishām, al-Sīra al-nabawīyya, vol. 3, p. 50; Khalīfa b. Khayyāṭ, Tārīkh-i Khalīfa, vol. 1, p. 71.
- ↑ Ibn Ḥabīb, Kitāb al-muḥabbar, p. 112; Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 2, p. 24; Masʿūdī, al-Tanbīh wa al-ishrāf, p. 244; Wāqidī, al-Maghāzī, vol. 1, p. 196; Ibn Hishām, al-Sīra al-nabawīyya, vol. 3, p. 50.
- ↑ Bakrī, Muʿjam mā istaʿjamʿ, p. 228; Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 2, p. 24, 25; Masʿūdī, Murūj al-dhahab, p. 281.
- ↑ Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 2, p. 24; vol. 4, p. 153; Wāqidī, al-Maghāzī, vol. 1, p. 196; Ibn Hishām, al-Sīra al-nabawīyya, vol. 3, p. 50.
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- Ḥamawī, Yāqūt b. ʿAbd Allāh al-. Muʿjam al-buldān. 2nd edition. Beirut: Dār Ṣādir, 1995.
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- Ibn Saʿd, Muḥammad. Al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā. Edited by Edward Sachau. Leiden: 1321-1325 AH.
- Ibn Hishām, ʿAbd al-Malik. Al-Sīra al-nabawīyya. Edited by Ibrāhīm Ābyārī and others. Cairo: 1355 AH.
- Khalīfa b. Khayyāṭ. Tārīkh-i Khalīfa. Edited by Suhayl Zukār. Damascus: 1387 AH.
- Masʿūdī, ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn al-. Al-Tanbīh wa al-ishrāf. Leiden: 1893.
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