Battle over the Quraysh standard at Uhud
القتال على لواء المشركين في أحد وإبادة حمَلَتِه
23 March 625 CE · 7 Shawwal 3 AH
The weight of the battle circled the polytheists' standard, which was carried by the Banu Abd al-Dar. The first to bear it, Talha ibn Abi Talha, was killed by al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam. The Banu Abd al-Dar carried it in turn until they were wiped out: Uthman, Abu Sa'd, Artat, Shurayh, Abu Zayd ibn Abd Manaf, Ibn Sharhabil and others. Last to carry it was an Abyssinian slave named Sawab, who fought until his hands were cut off and fell upon it with his chest until he was killed. The standard fell to the ground with none left to bear it {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.259}.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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Connections
- Occurred at
- Mount Uhud
- Part of
- The Battle of Uhud
- Had participant
- al-Zubayr ibn al-AwwamHamza ibn Abd al-MuttalibAli ibn Abi TalibTalha ibn UbaydullahTalha ibn Abi Talha
People and things also explored
The Battle of BadrMuslim withdrawal to the mountain pass at UhudBurial of the Uhud martyrsDefense of the Prophet at UhudMuslim deployment at Uhud and the archers' postMartyrdom of Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at UhudThe early Muslim communityQuraysh
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “Battle over the Quraysh standard at Uhud”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/uhud-banner-bearers/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.