Battle of Ajnadayn
About the place
- Country : Palestine , Other Palestinian Sites
- Address : Judaean foothills, Palestine
- Category : Battles and Accidents
Battle of Ajnadayn
overview:
• It is one of the Islamic battles with a profound impact on Islamic history, it took place in the year (13 AH), and the word Ajnadayn was taken from the Muslim armies- the Muslim armies gathered in one place — and the Roman soldiers.
• In one of the attacks of the Roman army on the Muslim army, Khalid - may God bless him - took the opportunity to attack the center of the Roman army and gave the signal to start the fighting, so the Muslim soldiers stormed the heart of the Roman army like a torrent until they reached the tent of the Roman army commander and he was killed in it, and with his death his army was dispersed and torn between a fugitive and a dead men, and the Muslims won a great victory.
The location of the battle:
• The events of the battle took place in the land of Palestine near Ramle, where the Muslims camped in Ajour, northwest of Hebron, while the Roman army camped in Bayt Jibrin, to gather the armies coming from more than one place for support.
• Its location today is the village of Ajour in the northwest of Hebron, and a valley called Valley of Elah (Terebinths), Acacia is a type of tree, and the site is about ten miles away from the town of “Bayt Jibrin” to the north and east of the village of Ajjour.
• The Romans chose this site for the battle to be close to Bayt Jibrin (Gabriel), which is the capital of their most important province in Palestine, and it included: Gaza, Be'er Sheva- Beersheba, Hebron, Jerusalem and Ramla.
• Ajjour or Aqqur is located today within the areas of the Zionist occupation.
• Enemies scattered the inhabitants of the village, which is an archaeological site that contains ancient foundations.
• It is an Arab village located northwest of the city of Hebron*, at the end of the western foothills of the Hebron Mountains*. The distance between the villages of Az-Zakariyya* and Deir al-Dubban* is 3.5 km away from each of them. At the end of its era, the village was connected to the Bayt Jibrin -Jerusalem road, and Ramla was connected by a 2 km road, to the east of the village flows Wadi Drusia, which heads to the north, and meets the Valley of Silence, which extends from the north of the Hebron area, and passes south of Az-Zakariyya in the northwest direction as Wadi Ajour, and in the direction of Tal Al-Safi as Wadi Al-Barshin.
Resources:
"Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya" by Ibn Kathir
"Bladna Palestine" by Mustafa Murad al-Dabbagh
