{
 "id": "person/qarib-ibn-al-aswad",
 "class": "person",
 "slug": "qarib-ibn-al-aswad",
 "label": {
  "en": "Qarib ibn al-Aswad",
  "ar": "قارب بن الأسود الثقفي"
 },
 "summary": {
  "en": "A leader of the Ahlaf faction of Thaqif who commanded their contingent at the Battle of Hunayn; upon the confederation's collapse, he skillfully extricated his men toward Ta'if, preventing mass casualties among his clan.",
  "ar": "سيد حلف الأحلاف من ثقيف وقائد رايتهم يوم حنين؛ صمد في المعركة ثم انحاز بقومه نحو الطائف لما انهزمت هوازن، فسلّم قومه ولم يُصب منهم إلا رجلان."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "people"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "battles"
 ],
 "data": {
  "names": [
   {
    "kind": "full",
    "lang": "ar",
    "value": "قارب بن الأسود بن مسعود بن معتب الثقفي"
   }
  ],
  "gender": "male",
  "roles": [
   "tribal-leader"
  ],
  "story_roles": [
   {
    "role": "military-opponent",
    "toward": "group/early-muslims",
    "status": "tradition",
    "note": "قاد راية الأحلاف من ثقيف يوم حنين وانحاز بهم إلى الطائف.",
    "sources": [
     "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "sira-ibn-hisham saqqa 1936, juz' 4 pp. 80, 90–92",
   "generated_by": "Devin",
   "run": "ibn-hisham-batch-2a"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin; mined from Ibn Hisham juz' 4 pp. 80, 90–92"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "سيد حلف الأحلاف من [[group/thaqif|ثقيف]] وقائد لوائهم في [[event/battle-of-hunayn|غزوة حنين]]؛ ثبت في المعركة حتى انهزمت هوازن ثم انحاز بقومه ورايته متراجعًا نحو الطائف بأقل الخسائر {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/80, 90-92}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "في غزوة حنين",
     "markdown": "كان في ثقيف سيدان: قارب بن الأسود في الأحلاف، وسبيع بن الحارث في بني مالك {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/80}. فلما انكسرت صفوف المشركين ركز قارب لواءه وقاتل حوله حتى اطمأن لانسحاب قومه، ثم أسند اللواء إلى شجرة ولحق بالطائف مع رجاله، فلم يُصب من الأحلاف إلا رجلان {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/91-92}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "للزوار الصغار",
     "markdown": "قائد من قبيلة ثقيف قاد رجاله بشجاعة في معركة حنين، وحين رأى الهزيمة قادهم بحكمة وانسحب بهم إلى الطائف لحمايتهم من القتل."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/qarib-ibn-al-aswad",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Chief of the Ahlaf allies of [[group/thaqif|Thaqif]] and commander of their banner in the [[event/battle-of-hunayn|Hunayn campaign]]; he stood firm in the battle until Hawazin were routed, then drew off with his people and his banner, falling back toward Ta'if with the least losses {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/80, 90-92}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "In the Hunayn campaign",
     "markdown": "Thaqif had two chiefs: Qarib ibn al-Aswad over the Ahlaf, and Subay' ibn al-Harith over Banu Malik {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/80}. When the polytheists' ranks broke, Qarib planted his banner and fought around it until he was sure of his people's withdrawal, then leaned the banner on a tree and followed to Ta'if with his men — of the Ahlaf only two men were lost {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/91-92}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "For young visitors",
     "markdown": "A commander of the tribe of Thaqif who led his men bravely in the battle of Hunayn; when he saw the rout he led them wisely and withdrew with them to Ta'if to keep them from being killed."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/qarib-ibn-al-aswad",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
 },
 "degree": 4,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "connections": [
  {
   "to": "group/thaqif",
   "type": "member_of",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "event/battle-of-hunayn",
   "type": "participated_in",
   "inverse": false,
   "role": "thaqif-commander",
   "sources": [
    "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "related": [
  "person/subay-ibn-al-harith",
  "event/battle-of-hunayn",
  "event/siege-of-taif",
  "group/thaqif",
  "place/taif",
  "event/conquest-of-mecca",
  "event/expedition-to-awtas",
  "group/banu-jusham"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}