Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi (

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: أبو نويرة التغلبي) was a poet and warrior who fought alongside the

Taghlib The Banu Taghlib (), also known as Taghlib ibn Wa'il, were an Arab tribe that originated in Jazira. Their parent tribe was the Rabi'a, and they thus traced their descent to the Adnanites. The Taghlib were among the most powerful and cohesive no ...

tribe during the events of the

Basus War The Basus War (often written al-Basus War; ''ḥarb al-basūs'') was a 40-year conflict between two cousin tribes in Arabia of Late Antiquity. It was caused by the slaughtering of a camel that was owned by a neighboring tribe, and the subsequent ...

Involvement in the Basus War

Duel against Jassas

Abu Nuwayra was sent by

Abu Layla al-Muhalhel Abu Layla ʿUday ibn Rabīʿa ibn al-Ḥāriṯ at-Taḡlibiyy (; 443 – 531 CE), also known by the nicknames al-Muhalhil ("he who finely weaves poems") and az-Zīr ("the philander"), was a Pre-Islamic poetry, pre-Islamic poet and warrior ...

to hunt for

Jassas ibn Murrah Jassas ibn Murrah al-Shaybani al-Bakri (Arabic: جساس بن مرة الشيباني البكري) was a pre-Islamic tribal chief of the Banu Shayban, a division of the Banu Bakr tribe. He is best remembered for his assassination of the chief of ...

, who was escaping into

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.
Al-Kāmil fi at-Tārikh
', ed. Abū l-Fidāʾ ʿAbdallāh al-Qāḍī (11 vols., Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1987–2003) Both men met at a border of water known as al-Ajoul that separated Syria and the

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. They had a duel, and Abu Nuwayra managed to give Jassas a fatal injury. However, Jassas managed to kill Abu Nuwayra in battle, and he escaped into the care of his relatives where he, not long after, died from the injuries that were inflicted on him by Abu Nuwayra.

Time period

Monir Al-Balbaki believes that Jassas ibn Murrah died in 534 CE. Hence, it would be appropriate to date Abu Nuwayra's death to around the same time in the 530s as well, because they both died around the same time.

Religion

As was the case with the other members of the Taghlib, Abu Nuwayra was most likely an

Arab Christian Arab Christians () are the Arabs who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who live in the Middle East was estimated in 2012 to be between 10 and 15 million. Arab Christian communities can be found throughout the Arab world, bu ...

as the Taghlib were generally associated with

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

. The Muslim scholar

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri (6 June 1942 – 1 December 2006)Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum Pdf
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states that despite their conversion to Christianity, the Arabs generally ignored the morals and etiquettes preached in Christianity (except for important fundamental aspects like monotheism and rejection of polytheism).Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2008). ''The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet''. Dar-us-Salam Publications.

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External links

Biography of Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi, in the ''Dictionary of Arab Poets'' on the Maktaba Shamela
530s deaths 6th-century Arab people Arab poets Arab Christians