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Era: Pre-Islamic Arabia
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الأسود بن غفار ملك جديس حين أفناهم الملك حسان. يروي المسعودي أنه هرب حتى نزل بدار طيء، فأجاروه من الملك وغيره دون أن يعرفوه، ويذكر أن نسله اليوم في طيء مذكور. ²

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Participated in: The destruction of Jadis

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Zarqa' al-Yamama· The destruction of Jadis

Sources

Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 455
Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.455

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Zarqa' al-Yamama

The far-sighted woman of Jadis — three nights' sight — who warned her people of trees marching and was disbelieved; Hassan's sack followed, her eyes were drawn to reveal the antimony veins of the first kohl, and she was crucified on Jaww's gate, whence the town took her name.