Series of military campaigns launched by Abu Bakr against rebel Arab tribes
Ridda Wars حُرُوب ٱلرِّدَّة
Map of the major battles of the Ridda Wars
Date
632–633
Location
Arabian Peninsula
Result
Caliphate victory
Territorial changes
The Rashidun Caliphate establishes control over the entire Arabian Peninsula
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate
Rebel Arab tribes
Commanders and leaders
Abu Bakr
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Talha ibn Ubayd Allah
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Dhiraar ibn al-Azwar
Zayd ibn al-Khattab †
Amr ibn al-As
Al-Nu'man ibn Muqrin
Suwaid ibn Muqrin
Ikrima ibn Amr
Shurahbil ibn Hasana
Khalid ibn Sa'id
Al-Ala'a Al-Hadrami
Arfaja al-Bariqi
Hudhayfah al-Bariqi
Al-Muhajir ibn Abi Umayya
Shahr ibn Badhan †
Fayruz al-Daylami
Musaylima †
Aswad Ansi †
Tulayha
Malik ibn Nuwayra †
Sajah
Umm Zhiml Salma
Laqit ibn Malik †
Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays
Ghayth ibn Abd Yaghuth
Qays ibn Makshuh
Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib
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Ridda Wars
Battle of Zhu Qissa
Battle of Buzakha
Battle of Ghamra
Battle of Naqra
Battle of Zafar
Battle of Yamama
Battle of Dawmat al-Jandal
Al-Aswad al-Ansi rebellion
Mahra rebellion
Battle of Dibba
Hadhramaut
Yemen rebellion
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Civil wars of the early Caliphates
Ridda Wars
First Fitna
Second Fitna
Revolt of Ibn al-Ash'ath
Revolt of al-Ashdaq
Revolt of Yazid b. al-Muhallab
Revolt of Harith b. Surayj
Revolt of Zayd b. Ali
Berber Revolt
Revolt of Yahya ibn Zayd
Third Fitna
Ibadi revolt
Abbasid Revolution
Revolt of Muhammad the Pure Soul
Battle of Fakhkh
Qays–Yaman war (793–796)
Fourth Fitna
Revolt of Abu'l-Saraya
East Africa
Bashmurian revolts
Anarchy at Samarra
Fifth Fitna
Kharijite Rebellion (866–896)
Zanj Rebellion
The Ridda Wars (Arabic: حُرُوب ٱلرِّدَّة, romanized: ḥurūb al-ridda, lit. 'Apostasy wars') were a series of military campaigns launched by the first caliph Abu Bakr against rebellious Arabian tribes. They began shortly after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 632 and concluded the next year, with all battles won by the Rashidun Caliphate.[1][2]
In September 632, Banu Azd's chief Laqit prepared an army to attack Oman. However, the commander Hudayfa's forces defeated Laqit and his army. The next month, attacks were faced in Northern Arabia and Yemen, though they were easily defeated. Few months later, Banu Hanifa's chief Musaylimah, with an army 40,000 soldiers was killed in the Battle of Yamama. The last major attack was done by the powerful tribe of Kinda in Hadhramaut in January 633. The campaigns came to end in June 633 as Abu Bakr successfully united all tribes of Arabia.[3]
These wars established Khalid ibn al-Walid's reputation as a great tactician and cavalry commander. A detailed reconstruction of the events is complicated by the frequently contradictory and tendentious accounts found in primary sources.[4]
^Laura V. Vaglieri in The Cambridge History of Islam, p.58
^"Abu Bakr | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 6 November 2021. He suppressed the tribal political and religious uprisings known as the riddah ("political rebellion", sometimes translated as "apostasy"), thereby bringing central Arabia under Muslim control.
^Mikaberidze 2011, p. 751.
^M. Lecker (2012). "Al-Ridda". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8870.
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