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Ukaydir ibn Abd al-Malik

أكيدر بن عبد الملك

King of Dumat al-Jandal, of Kinda and a Christian, according to Ibn Ishaq; Khalid ibn al-Walid captured him, and the Prophet spared his blood and made peace with him on the jizya.

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The Prophetic Era
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Arabia
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Place in the story

    Christian (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    King of Dumat al-Jandal, of Kinda and a Christian per Ibn Ishaq; Khalid ibn al-Walid captured him, and the Prophet spared his blood and made peace with him for the jizya. 1

    In the Tabuk expedition

    Ibn Ishaq names him "Ukaydir ibn Abd al-Malik, a man of Kinda who was king over it and was a Christian". 1 He says Khalid took him and brought him to the Prophet, who spared his blood, made peace with him for the jizya, then let him go — and he returned to his town. 2

    Tribe

    Ibn Ishaq's lineage for him: a man of Kinda. 1

    Source notes and markers of doubt

    • "Ukaydir" is spelled with a damma on the hamza and fatha on the kaf as in the printed page p. 169; other sources vocalise it differently.

    Connections

    Participated in
    Khalid's mission to Ukaydir of Dumat al-JandalThe treaty with Ukaydir

    People and things also explored

    The expedition to TabukKhalid ibn al-WalidMuhammadBujayr ibn BujraHassan, brother of UkaydirDumat al-JandalTabukBujayr ibn Bujra's verses on the story of the cattle

    Sources

    1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/169
    2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/170
    Cite this page

    islam.museum contributors. “Ukaydir ibn Abd al-Malik”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ukaydir-ibn-abd-al-malik/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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    People

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    The expedition to Tabuk

    The Prophet led a large expedition north toward the Byzantine frontier as far as Tabuk; no battle took place.