al-Mundhir ibn Sawa al-Abdi
المنذر بن ساوى العبدي
c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH
The lord of Bahrayn to whom the Prophet ﷺ sent al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami before the conquest of Mecca; he became a good Muslim and died after the Prophet, before the apostasy of Bahrayn, with al-Ala' stationed with him as the Prophet's governor.
At a glance
- Roles
- Politician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- RulertowardBahrayn (historic Eastern Arabia)Tradition
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammadTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
عظيم البحرين من عبد القيس، بعث إليه النبي العلاء بن الحضرمي قبل فتح مكة فأسلم فحسن إسلامه. 1
في سيرة ابن هشام
يختم ابن إسحاق خبر وفد عبد القيس بأن النبي كان قد بعث العلاء بن الحضرمي قبل فتح مكة إلى المنذر بن ساوى العبدي، فأسلم فحسن إسلامه، ثم هلك بعد رسول الله قبل ردة أهل البحرين، والعلاء عنده أميراً لرسول الله على البحرين؛ انظر إسلام المنذر بن ساوى. 1 ويعدّه الرحيق المختوم في ملوك العرب الذين كاتبهم النبي بعد الحديبية؛ انظر مكاتبة الملوك. 2
Connections
- Member of
- Abd al-Qays
- Ruler of
- Bahrayn (historic Eastern Arabia)
- Participated in
- Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami's mission to al-Mundhir ibn Sawa and his conversion· The Letters to Rulers and Kings
People and things also explored
Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami's mission to al-Mundhir ibn Sawa and his conversion· al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami· Abd al-Qays· Bahrayn (historic Eastern Arabia)· Muhammad· The Letters to Rulers and Kings· The delegation of Abd al-Qays· al-Jarud al-Abdi
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/222
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.358
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Mundhir ibn Sawa al-Abdi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-mundhir-ibn-sawa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.