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3 unusual facts about Battle of Yamama


Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr

In the Battle of Yamama he killed Muhakkam al-Yamama, the General commanding the forces of Musaylima.

Battle of Yamama

The Battle of Yamama was fought in December 632 as part as the Ridda Wars ("Apostate Wars") on the plain of Aqraba in the region of Yamama (in present-day Saudi Arabia) between the forces of Muslim Caliph Abu Bakr and Musaylimah, a self-proclaimed prophet.

Then Musaylimah came under the hawk-like gaze of the Wahshy ibn Harb (the same man who killed Hamza, the uncle of Muhammad, in the Battle of Uhud before accepting Islam).



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