رباح مولى مغيث
رباح مولى مغيث
Mughith's slave who infiltrated the church-holdout's garden; captured and scrubbed raw by men who had never seen a black man, he escaped after seven days and led his master to the water channel that fed the stronghold 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Overview
Rabah, client of Mughith al-Rumi. al-Maqqari describes him as black, brave and ready to help. He lay in wait in an orchard beside a church west of Cordoba where the besieged had taken refuge. Their people seized him and thought he was dyed, so they washed him until he bled. He remained a prisoner for seven days, then fled at night and told Mughith where the channel was from which they got their water, and he cut it off from them. 2
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 298
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.298
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islam.museum contributors. “رباح مولى مغيث”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/rabah-abd-mughith/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.