Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Tulayha

7th-century Arab clan chief and military commander

Tulayha is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 627 and AD 637: 5 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Saudi Arabia (2), Iraq (2), Egypt (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,921 km apart end to end, 730 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ridda Wars (2), Muslim conquest of Persia (2), Muslim–Quraysh War (1).

Battle of the TrenchBattle of GhamraBattle of BuzakhaBattle of al-QadisiyyahBattle of JalulaBattle of the TrenchBattle of GhamraBattle of BuzakhaBattle of al-QadisiyyahBattle of JalulaBaghdadAlexandriaTel AvivDamascusKuwait CityBeirutLuxorNicosiaBasraNajaf1000 km29.375N, 38.216E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 627: 1 engagementsAD 632: 2 engagements2 in AD 632AD 636: 1 engagementsAD 637: 1 engagementsAD 627AD 637
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Trench, AD 627Battle of Ghamra, AD 632Battle of Buzakha, AD 632Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, AD 636Battle of Jalula, AD 637AD 627AD 637
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 627Battle of the TrenchMedina, Saudi ArabiaMuslim victory; Beginning of the Siege of Banu Qurayza...
August AD 632Battle of GhamraḤaʼil Province, Egypt1,033 km NWRashidun Caliphate victory
1 September AD 632Battle of BuzakhaHa'il, Saudi Arabia1,054 km ERashidun Caliphate victory
16 November AD 636Battle of al-QadisiyyahAl-Qādisiyyah, Iraq528 km NERashidun victory
March AD 637Battle of JalulaJalawla, Iraq307 km NRashidun victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.