Sinn Sumayra
سن سميرة
an eastern turret of the Jibal where the raiding Muslims sheltered; named for Sumayra, a Dubba woman of the Muhajirat whose tower it was — in al-Baladhuri.
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- The Rashidun Caliphate
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- Persia & Central Asia
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Sinn Sumayra is an eastern fortress in al-Jabal. According to al-Baladhuri, the Muslims paused there when they campaigned in the mountains, and it was named after Sumayra, a woman of Dabba among the emigrant women, who had a tooth (sinn). 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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