Hudhayfah Ibn Mihsan al-Bariqi ( ar, حذيفة بن محصن البارقي), was a
companion of Muhammad. He was governor of
Oman during the reign of Rashidun Caliph
Abu Bakr.
Background
Majority of genealogist unanimously agreed in various narrations that Hudhayfah was from
Azd.
while the identity of
Bariq
Bariq (also transliterated as Barik or Bareq, ar, بارق) is a tribe from Bareq in south-west Saudi Arabia. It belongs to the ancient Al-Azd tribe which has many clans linked to it. As far as ancestry goes, Aws, Khazraj, Ghassān and B ...
clan further highlighted by
Hisham ibn al-Kalbi,
,
,
[* ] and
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha,
Only
Sayf ibn Umar
}) was an 8th-century Islamic historian and compiler of reports who lived in Kufa. He wrote the ('The Great book of Conquests and Apostasy Wars'), which was the later historian al-Tabari's (839–923) main source for the Ridda wars and the early ...
who deviated from majority of historians and genealogist by saying Hudhayfah ibn Muhsin were descended from Banu Tamim, an entirely different tribe from Bariqi branch.
Zia al-Umari, The author of the critics against Sayf ibn Umar, noted that aside from contradiction from majority, Sayf were generally viewed as unreliable by most historians.
Ridda wars
In mid-September 632,
Abu Bakr dispatched Hudhayfah Ibn Mihsan's corps to Oman to tackle the apostasy in
Oman, where the tribe of
Azd, that dominated the region of Oman, had revolted under their chief Laqeet bin Malik, known more commonly as "Dhu'l-Taj", ''i.e.'' "the Crowned One." According to some reports, he also claimed prophethood. Hudaifa entered the province of Oman, but not having strong enough forces to fight Dhu'l-Taj, he decided to wait for reinforcement, and wrote to the Caliph accordingly. The Caliph sent Ikrimah to aid him in late September 632. Ikrimah marched from Yamamah to Oman, and the combined forces of these two generals defeated Dhu'l-Taj at the
Battle of Dibba, fought in late November 632 at
Dibba, a stronghold of Dhu'l-Taj. Dhu'l-Taj was killed in battle. Being appointed governor of Oman, Hudhayfah next set about the re-establishment of law and order. Ikrimah, having no local administrative responsibility, used his corps to subdue the neighbourhood of Daba, and in a number of small actions succeeded in breaking the resistance of those of the Azd who had continued to defy the authority of Medina.
Conquest of Persia
Later, Hudhayfah appeared again during the
Muslim conquest of Iraq
The Muslim conquest of Persia, also known as the Arab conquest of Iran, was carried out by the Rashidun Caliphate from 633 to 654 AD and led to the fall of the Sasanian Empire as well as the eventual decline of the Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrian ...
, which is during the founding of
Basra,
after Arfajah and
Utbah ibn Ghazwan managed to conquer
Lavan Island,
Jazireh-ye Shif,
Kharg Island.
and
al-Ubulla.
Then Hudhayfah, Arfajah, and a chief of
Sadus ibn Shayban clan named
Mujaz'ah ibn Thawr as-Sadusi, started to fill the complex with their tribes and clansmen,
Along with
Banu Tamim tribe.
Then as the conquest goes on, in 17 AH, Hudhayfah were sent by his superior, Utbah, along with
Arfajah,
Asim ibn Amr al-Tamimi,
Ahnaf ibn Qais, and Abu Sabrah bin Abi Rahm.
to rescue caliphate soldiers that being surrounded by Sassanid Army in
Fars Province.
this rescue operation, Arfajah advising Utbah a strategy to sent the forces of Abu Sabrah alone to the coastal area, in order to bait the Sassanid forces while hiding their main forces beyond the sight of the enemy and even the isolated Muslim forces that they intend to rescue. Then as Sassanid army saw Abu Sabrah came with only few soldiers, they immediately gave chase as they though it is the whole Muslim reinforcement soldiers. At this certain moment, Utbah commence Arfajah final plan to commit his main forces to flank the unexpected Sassanid force, causing heavy casualties on them and routing them, thus this operation of relieving al Ala Hadrami mariners which has been posed to danger of being isolated in the Persian soil were succeeded.
References
*''The information in this article is based on that in its
Arabic equivalent''.
Bibliography
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Generals of the medieval Islamic world
Arab generals
Companions of the Prophet
Banu Bariq
Governors of the Rashidun Caliphate