What the records say
- When
- Jun 554
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.00° N, 37.00° E
- Description
- 554 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Yawm Halima
554 battle
Yawm Halima is the name given to a battle fought between the rival Ghassanid and Lakhmid Arabs in the 6th century. Considered "[o]ne of the most famous battles of pre-Islamic Arabia", it was named after Halima, a Ghassanid princess who assisted the warriors of her tribe in the battle.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man is defeated and killed by the Ghassanids under al-Harith ibn Jabalah, at the battle of Yawm Halima; 'Amr III ibn al-Mundhir…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة يوم حليمة في قنسرين بين الغساسنة والمناذرة”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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