Jadhima's death and al-Zabba's fall
سقوط الزباء وقتل جذيمة
al-Zabba's killing of Jadhima and her own fall to Qusayr's tunnel beneath the throne — dying by a poisoned ring (some say) with the famous cry; her city razed and her children captive, after Mard and al-Ablaq had defied her 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Review
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Overview
Al-Mas'udi relates how al-Zabba, queen of Syria up to the Euphrates, killed Jadhima al-Abrash, and how she herself fell by the trick of Qasir. 1
The account
Al-Mas'udi says that al-Zabba led Jadhima to desire her until he was killed. Then Qasir dug a tunnel under her bed, and came in to her inside a chest carried on a camel, and came out upon her with his sword drawn. Some say that she sucked a ring that contained poison, and said: "By my hand, not by the hand of 'Amr." The city was ruined and the children taken captive. 1
He reports that she did to Marid, the fortress of Dumat al-Jandal, and to al-Ablaq, the fortress of Tayma, what she did, until they were beyond her reach. 1
This is an account from the pre-Islamic reports, and it rests on the source alone.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Zabba bint Amr· Jadhima al-Abrash
People and things also explored
Amr ibn Adi ibn Nasr al-Lakhmi· Jadhima al-Abrash· al-Hira· al-Zabba bint Amr· حصار أبي يزيد للمهدية· The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· استيلاء المرابطين على إشبيلية· هزيمة بلنجر (32هـ)
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 409-412
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