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Samayfa ibn Nakur, the Glossary

Dhu al-Kala Samayfa ibn Nakur al-Himyari was a commander of the Muslim conquest of Syria in the 630s and leader of the Himyar tribe in Islamic Syria and founder of its noble household, the Dhu al-Kala.^[1]

Abu Bakr

Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), commonly known by the kunya Abu Bakr, was the first caliph, ruling from 632 until his death in 634. Samayfa ibn Nakur and Abu Bakr are People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant.

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Ali

Ali ibn Abi Talib (translit) was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from 656 to 661, as well as the first Shia imam. Samayfa ibn Nakur and Ali are People of the First Fitna.

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Banu Kalb

The Banu Kalb (Banū Kalb) was an Arab tribe which mainly dwelt in the desert and steppe of northwestern Arabia and central Syria.

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Battle of Khazir

The Battle of Khazir (Yawm Khāzir) took place in August 686 near the Khazir River in Mosul's eastern environs, in modern-day Iraq.

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Battle of Siffin

The Battle of Siffin (translit) was fought in 657 CE (37 AH) between the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and the rebellious governor of Syria Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan.

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Bilad al-Sham

Bilad al-Sham (Bilād al-Shām), often referred to as Islamic Syria or simply Syria in English-language sources, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphates.

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Damascus

Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.

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First Fitna

The First Fitna was the first civil war in the Islamic community.

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Homs

Homs (حِمْص / ALA-LC:; Levantine Arabic: حُمْص / Ḥomṣ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa (Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate.

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Mu'awiya I

Mu'awiya I (Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; –April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. Samayfa ibn Nakur and Mu'awiya I are People of the First Fitna.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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Muslim conquest of the Levant

The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Fatḥ al-šām; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate.

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Quraysh

The Quraysh (قُرَيْشٌ) was an Arab tribe that inhabited and controlled Mecca and its Kaaba.

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Ubayd Allah ibn Umar

Ubayd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab (translit; died summer 657) was a son of Caliph Umar. Samayfa ibn Nakur and Ubayd Allah ibn Umar are 657 deaths, People from the Rashidun Caliphate and People of the First Fitna.

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Umar

Umar ibn al-Khattab (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644.

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Wilferd Madelung

Wilferd Ferdinand Madelung FBA (26 December 1930 – 9 May 2023) was a German author and scholar of Islamic history widely recognised for his contributions to the fields of Islamic and Iranian studies.

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Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Harb ibn Umayya (Yazīd ibn Abī Sufyān ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya; died 639) was a leading Arab Muslim commander in the conquest of Syria from 634 until his death in the plague of Amwas in 639. Samayfa ibn Nakur and Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan are People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samayfa_ibn_Nakur

Also known as Dhu'l-Kala Samayfa, Dhu'l-Kala Samayfa al-Himyari, Dhu'l-Kala Samayfa ibn Nakur, Samayfa.

Samayfa ibn Nakur, the Glossary

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