Ra's al-Ayn
رأس العين
Ra's al-Ayn — that is Ayn al-Warda — of the Jazira cities on the Khabur; it resisted Iyad ibn Ghanm, and Umayr ibn Sa'd took it by force after bitter fighting under mangonels, then compounded with its people — the land theirs, four dinars' jizya on each head, no women or children taken — crying 'no harm, to me, to me' as their aman; a body of them departed and the Muslims worked and sowed their fields by land-grant.
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Connections
- Site of
- The Conquest of Ra's al-Ayn
- Part of
- The Jazira
People and things also explored
The Conquest of the Jazira· Abu Musa al-Ashari· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari· al-Ruha (Edessa)· Harran· Malatya (Melitene)· Nasibin (Nisibis)
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Ra's al-Ayn”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ras-al-ayn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.