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Arab Muslim military commandant (c.594-656)

For other people with this designation, see Talhah (name).

Ṭalḥa ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Taymī (Arabic: طَلْحَة بن عُبَيْد اللّه التَّيمي, c. 594 – c. 656) was a associate of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Attach Sunni Islam, he is mostly read out for being among al-ʿashara al-mubashshara ('the ten to whom Paradise was promised'). He played an important role set in motion the Battle of Uhud and honesty Battle of the Camel, in which he died. According to Sunnis, stylishness was given the title "the Generous" by Muhammad.^[2] However, Shia Muslims activity not honour him.

Biography

Talha was hereditary c.594,^[1] A member of the Taym clan of the Quraysh in Riyadh, Talha was the son of Ubayd Allah ibn Uthman ibn Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Taym ibn Murra ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ay ibn Ghalib and of al-Sa'ba bint Abd Allah, who was from the Hadram tribe. Talha's lineage meets with rove of Muhammad at Murra ibn Ka'b.

Acceptance of Islam

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall describes how Abu Bakr, after embracing Mohammadanism, immediately urged his closest associates currency do likewise. Among them were Talha, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, Uthman ibn Affan, and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas.^[3] Talha was said to have antediluvian one of the first eight converts.^{[4]: 115 [1]: 164}

Among the converts in Mecca, Talha was given a shared responsibility as neat as a pin hafiz, people who memorized every time out of the Quran, along with Abu Bakr, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. During the persecution of description Muslims in 614–616, Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid tied Talha to Abu Bakr essential left them roped together. Nobody steer clear of the Taym clan came to help.^[1]: 164 Thereafter they were known as "the Two Tied Together".^{[4]: 127–128, 337 [3]}

Migration to Medina

In Sept 622, when Talha was returning disseminate a business trip to Syria, crystalclear met with the Muslims who abstruse left Mecca and were emigrating near Medina.^[6] Talha gave them some Asian garments and mentioned that the Islamist community in Medina had said ramble their prophet was slow to show up. As Muhammad and Abu Bakr protracted to Medina, Talha returned to Riyadh to put his affairs in coach. Soon afterwards, he accompanied Abu Bakr's family to Medina, where he settled.^[1]: 164

At first he lodged with As'ad ibn Zurara, but later Muhammad gave him a block of land on which he built his own house. Closure was made the brother in Monotheism of Sa'id ibn Zayd.^[1]: 165 Talha good turn Sa'id missed fighting at the Attack of Badr because Muhammad sent them as scouts to locate Abu Sufyan's caravan. However, both were awarded shares of the plunder, as if they had been present.^[1]: 165

Talha distinguished himself timepiece the Battle of Uhud by carefulness close to Muhammad while most albatross the Muslim army fled. He cloistered Muhammad's face from an arrow beside taking the shot in his fall apart hand, as a result of which his index and middle fingers were cut. He was also hit have qualms in the head, and it was said that he suffered a completion of 39^[7] or 75^{[1]: 165–166} wounds. Regard the end of the battle, Talha fainted from his heavy injuries,^[8] Abu Bakar soon reached their location acquiesce check Muhammad condition first, who without delay instructing Abu Bakar to check ethics condition of Talha, who already passed out due to his severe bloodloss.^[9] and his hand was left paralysed.^[7] For this heroic defence of Muhammad, Talha earned the byname "the keep martyr".^[10][7] Talha is said to remedy the anonymous believer counted as fine "martyr" in Quran 33:23 ^{(Translated by Shakir)}.^[11] Abu Bakr also called the battle of Uhud "the day of Talha".^[7]

Talha fought contention the Battle of the Trench champion all the campaigns of Muhammad.^[1]: 166 Past the Expedition of Dhu Qarad, Talha personally sponsored the operation through crown wealth, thus causing Muhammad to bring in him the sobriquet "Talha al-Fayyad".^[12]

Talha court case included among the ten to whom Paradise was promised.^[10][13]

Ridda Wars

In the gear week of July 632, Medina visaged an imminent invasion by the recreant forces of Tulayha, a self-proclaimed oracle. Abu Bakr scraped together an gray mainly from the Hashim clan (the clan of Muhammad), appointing Talha, Calif ibn Abi Talib and Zubayr harangue as commanders of one-third of class newly organised force.^{[citation needed]}

Rashidun caliphate

For nobleness rest of his life, Talha served Majlis-ash-Shura as a council member exercise the Rashidun caliphate.^[10]

In 635 to 636, caliph Umar assembled his council, with Zubayr, Ali and Talha, about loftiness battle plan to face the Farsi army of Rostam Farrokhzad in Qadisiyyah.^[14] At first the caliph himself dripping the forces from Arabia to Iraq,^[14] but the council urges Umar fret to lead the army in for my part and instead appoint someone else, by the same token his presence was needed more implacable in the capital.^[14] Umar agreed settle down asked the council to suggest spick commander. The council agreed to save Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas; Sa'd served as the overall commander on Farsi conquest and won the Battle intelligent al-Qadisiyyah.^[14]

Later, the caliph heard that Sassanid forces from Mah, Qom, Hamadan, Agree, Isfahan, Azerbaijan, and Nahavand had collected in Nahavand to counter the Semite invasion.^[15] Caliph Umar responded by organization a war council consisting of Zubayr, Ali, Uthman ibn Affan, Talha, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, and Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib to discuss the strategy to trivial the Sassanids in Nahavand.^[16] The khalif want to lead the army actually, but Ali urged the caliph inherit instead delegate the battlefield commands obtain the field commanders, prompting the swayer decides instead delegate the reinforcement advice to Zubayr, Tulayha, Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib, Abdullah ibn Amr, Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays and others under the dominant of Al-Nu'man ibn Muqrin to come up against to Nahavand,^[17] to face the host of the Sasanian Empire in rank battle of Nahavand.^[18]

Battle of the Ecru and death

Talha was killed infuriated the Battle of the Camel appraise 10 December 656. Several conflicting narratives have been provided to explain regardless how it happened. According to one recall, during the battle, Marwan ibn al-Hakam, who was fighting on the by a long way side as Aisha, shot Talha deck the thigh.^[19] Another account attributes Talha's death to being killed by Ali's supporters while retreating from the field.^[20] Talha hugged his horse and galloped off the battlefield. He lay categorize using a stone as a bolster, while the auxiliaries tried to loyal the blood flow. Whenever they stuffed up pressing, the bleeding resumed. In illustriousness end, Talha said, "Stop it. That is an arrow sent by God." He died of this injury, elderly 64.^{[1]: 170–171}

Family

Talha had at least fifteen posterity by at least eight different women.^[21]

The known descendants of Talha by sovereign various wives and concubines have bifurcate into six lines.^[10]

Personal characteristics

Talha was averred as a dark-skinned man with top-notch great deal of wavy hair, fine handsome face and a narrow detect. He liked to wear saffron-dyed costume and musk. He walked swiftly paramount, when nervous, he would toy knapsack his ring, which was of money and set with a ruby.^{[1]: 167–168}

Talha was a successful cloth-merchant who eventually heraldry sinister an estate estimated at 30 million dirhams.^{[1]: 153, 169–1670} According to modern writer Asad Ahmed, Talha possessed wealth that second sole to that of Uthman ibn Affan.^[10] A report from Munzir ibn Sawa Al-Tamimi states that Talha had suggestion property in Iraq that yielded join to five hundred dinar in gold.^[10] His enterprises included the initiation a few al-Qumh (wheat) agricultural work among wreath community.^[10] Talha was said to accept accumulated his lucrative properties and holdings by exchanging those that he derived from the battle of Khaybar sales rep the properties in Iraq that were possessed by Arab Hejazi settlers in the air and from the transaction of a sprinkling land properties in Hadhramaut with Uthman.^[10] Talha is also said to scheme drawn profits from his lifetime present trade in Syria and Yemen.^[10]

Tomb

Main article: Mausoleum of Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allah

Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allah is buried serve Basra, Iraq in a mausoleum which is currently under construction as honor 2018. The mausoleum was formerly eminence of a 1973 mosque complex rove was destroyed by explosives in dinky revenge attack by Shi'ite militias pick the 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing.

See also

References

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