أحيحة بن الجلاح

Uhayha ibn al-Julah of Aws, sayyid of Banu Juhjuba and reckoned among the mightiest men of Yathrib before Islam; the Ghatafani's horse was yielded to him at the Qaynuqa market, his word loomed over the Samir war, and his order to kill Ka'b ibn Amr al-Mazini set off the Juhjuba-Mazin war in which he was routed to his fortress; and when Thaqif's Mas'ud ibn Mu'tib sought the Ansar's pact he refused — 'your brother is the one you left behind' — sending him home with a slave who built Ta'if's first fortress-tower ¹.

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Roles: emir
Era: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region: Arabia
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Uhayha ibn al-Julah al-Awsi, lord of the Banu Jahjaba, of the Aws, and counted among the most honoured people of Yathrib before Islam ².

The war of the Banu Jahjaba

Ibn al-Athir reports that he ordered Ka'b ibn Amr al-Mazini to be watched until he was killed. The war of the Banu Jahjaba and the Banu Mazin broke out, and in it he was defeated and entered his fortress ².

Mas'ud ibn Mu'tib al-Thaqafi came to him seeking an alliance of the Ansar against the Banu Malik. He refused, and provided him with weapons, provisions and a slave who built fortifications. Then he built the first of the fortresses of al-Ta'if ².