Zadawayh, mawla of Banu'l-'Anbar
زادويه مولى بني العنبر
The third Meccan conspirator with Ibn Muljam and al-Burak — assigned 'Amr ibn al-'As and missing him on the appointed dawn; the Tarikh al-Khulafa recension names the third 'Amr ibn Bakr instead 1.
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Zadawayh, client of the Banu al-Anbar, the third conspirator with Ibn Muljam and al-Baraq. They agreed in Mecca to kill three of the amirs 1.
The choice
Zadawayh chose Amr ibn al-As, but he missed him, because Amr had stayed away from the prayer. In another report the third was Amr ibn Bakr 1 2.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 701
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 295
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