- Battle of Bu'ath
The Battle of Bu'ath was fought in 617 between
Banu Aus andBanu Khazraj , theArab tribes ofMedina (then Yathrib), in the south-eastern quarter of the Medinan oasis, belonging to theJew ish tribe ofBanu Qurayza . The Aws were supported by the Jewish tribes ofBanu Nadir and Banu Qurayza, and by the ArabBedouin s of the Muzayna tribe; the leader of the alliance was Hudayr ibn Simak. The opposing force, led by Amr ibn al-Numan, consisted of the majority of the Khazraj tribe and the Bedouin tribes of Juhayna and Ashja. The Awsite clan of Haritha and the Khazrajite chiefAbdullah ibn Ubayy remained neutral. In the course of the battle, the Aws and their allies initially had to retreat, but then they counterattacked and defeated the Khazraj; both leaders of the opposing forces were killed. Despite the victory of the Aws, the outcome of the battle was an uneasy truce rather than a definite settlement. [cite encyclopedia | author = Bosworth, C.E. | editor = P.J. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs | encyclopedia =Encyclopaedia of Islam Online| title = Bu'ath | publisher = Brill Academic Publishers | id = ISSN 1573-3912] [Jewish Encyclopedia [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=326&letter=M] ]References
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