the day of al-Silān — al-Nuʿmān's convoy trap against Banū ʿĀmir undone

The Day of al-Silan: al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir laid a plot against the Banu Amir after they intercepted the perfume caravan of Khosrow. He fitted out a caravan with his soldiers and ordered them to attack the Banu Amir once the sacred months had passed. Abd Allah ibn Jud'an warned the Banu Amir, and they took precautions. Abu Bara Amir ibn Malik, known as Mula'ib al-Asinna, came back to support them. When the two sides met, Yazid ibn al-Sa'q and Burra ibn Rumanas, a maternal brother of al-Nu'man, were captured. The army was about to be routed, had it not been for Dirar ibn Amr al-Dabbi and his nine sons. When Dirar fell, they rescued him, and a saying became proverbial that a man whose sons gladden him may find his own self grieved. Abu Bara took Habish ibn Dalf, who had been deceived into thinking he was a slave, and Habish ransomed himself for four hundred camels. Burra was ransomed for a thousand camels and a horse, and Yazid grew rich. The army of al-Nu'man was routed. ¹