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 "id": "person/tulayha-ibn-khuwaylid",
 "class": "person",
 "slug": "tulayha-ibn-khuwaylid",
 "label": {
  "en": "Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid",
  "ar": "طليحة بن خويلد"
 },
 "summary": {
  "en": "War-chief of Banu Asad who claimed prophecy at the Prophet's death, was broken by Khalid at Buzakha, fled to Syria — then returned, became a Muslim, and fought in the conquests he had once stood against.",
  "ar": "سيد حرب من بني أسد ادّعى النبوة عند وفاة النبي، فكسره خالد ببزاخة وفرّ إلى الشام — ثم عاد مسلمًا فقاتل في الفتوح التي كان قد وقف ضدها. وعند المسعودي قتل يوم أغواث من القادسية مع فرسان بني أسد خمسمائة رجل ممن باشر قتال الفيلة حتى أوقفوها واشتد الجلاد على بني أسد في هذا اليوم من سائر الناس {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 609}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "people"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era",
  "period/rashidun"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "civil-wars-and-revolts",
  "battles",
  "converts-and-leavers"
 ],
 "span": {
  "earliest": 590.0017796395546,
  "latest": 642.9994455737994
 },
 "display": {
  "start": {
   "edtf": "0590~",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "decade",
   "status": "tradition",
   "sources": [
    "source/tabari-donner-1993"
   ]
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "0642~",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "decade",
   "status": "tradition",
   "note": "Reported to have died a Muslim under Umar's caliphate; some accounts place him at the conquests in Iraq.",
   "sources": [
    "source/ibn-sad-tabaqat-bewley",
    "source/tabari-donner-1993"
   ]
  }
 },
 "data": {
  "names": [
   {
    "kind": "full",
    "lang": "ar",
    "value": "طليحة بن خويلد بن نوفل الأسدي"
   }
  ],
  "gender": "male",
  "born": {
   "edtf": "0590~",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "decade",
   "status": "tradition",
   "sources": [
    "source/tabari-donner-1993"
   ]
  },
  "died": {
   "edtf": "0642~",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "decade",
   "status": "tradition",
   "note": "Reported to have died a Muslim under Umar's caliphate; some accounts place him at the conquests in Iraq.",
   "sources": [
    "source/ibn-sad-tabaqat-bewley",
    "source/tabari-donner-1993"
   ]
  },
  "roles": [
   "general"
  ],
  "traditions": [],
  "story_roles": [
   {
    "role": "rival-claimant",
    "toward": "person/muhammad",
    "start": {
     "edtf": "0632"
    },
    "end": {
     "edtf": "0632"
    },
    "status": "historical",
    "note": "Claimed prophecy among Banu Asad at the Prophet's death, drawing several Ghatafan and Tayyi' clans to him.",
    "sources": [
     "source/tabari-donner-1993",
     "source/watt-1956-medina"
    ]
   },
   {
    "role": "rebel",
    "toward": "polity/rashidun-caliphate",
    "start": {
     "edtf": "0632"
    },
    "end": {
     "edtf": "0632"
    },
    "status": "historical",
    "note": "Defeated by Khalid ibn al-Walid at Buzakha; fled beyond the caliphate's reach to Syria.",
    "sources": [
     "source/tabari-donner-1993"
    ]
   },
   {
    "role": "convert",
    "start": {
     "edtf": "0633~"
    },
    "status": "tradition",
    "note": "Returned and professed Islam; the tradition has him fight in the conquests of Iraq under the caliphate.",
    "sources": [
     "source/ibn-sad-tabaqat-bewley",
     "source/tabari-donner-1993"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "faith": [
   {
    "value": "arabian-polytheism",
    "basis": "debated",
    "note": "His prophetic claim is the only certain datum; the tradition treats him as an apostate claimant.",
    "sources": [
     "source/watt-1956-medina"
    ]
   },
   {
    "value": "sunni",
    "basis": "tradition",
    "start": {
     "edtf": "0633~"
    },
    "sources": [
     "source/ibn-sad-tabaqat-bewley"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "issue": {
   "ar": "كيف يُقرأ طليحة بن خويلد في التراث السني وعند المؤرخين؟",
   "en": "How is Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid read in the Sunni tradition and by historians?"
  },
  "perspectives": [
   {
    "tradition": "sunni",
    "id": "sunni",
    "summary": {
     "ar": "يعدّه التراث السني مرتدًّا مدّعيًا رجع عنه الله إلى الإسلام، فيذكر بقية سيرته في الفتوح."
    }
   },
   {
    "tradition": "academic",
    "id": "academic",
    "summary": {
     "ar": "أما المؤرخون فيقرؤون حركته محاولة قبلية لحفظ الاستقلال عن المركز الجديد، وعودته نموذجًا لإعادة استيعاب الخلافة للقادة المهزومين."
    }
   }
  ],
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q1656017"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/tabari-donner-1993",
   "source/watt-1956-medina",
   "source/ibn-sad-tabaqat-bewley",
   "source/muruj-al-dhahab"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Devin; 2026-10-11"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "نبذة",
     "markdown": "طليحة بن خويلد سيد حرب من بني أسد ادّعى النبوة عند وفاة النبي، فكسره [[person/khalid-ibn-al-walid|خالد]] ببزاخة وفرّ إلى الشام — ثم عاد مسلمًا فقاتل في الفتوح."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الحياة",
     "markdown": "لما مات النبي قام طليحة في بني أسد مدّعيًا الوحي، فاجتمعت إليه أحياء من غطفان وطيء، فكانت شرّته أقرب فتن الردة إلى المدينة {cite:tabari-donner-1993}.\n\nسار إليه خالد بن الوليد فكسره بـ[[event/battle-of-buzakha|بزاخة]] سنة 632م، وفرّ طليحة إلى الشام خارج سلطان الخلافة {cite:tabari-donner-1993}.\n\nثم عاد فأسلم، ويقول التراث إنه شهد الوقائع في العراق من جند المسلمين ومات في خلافة عمر {cite:ibn-sad-tabaqat-bewley}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "للزوار الصغار",
     "markdown": "ادّعى طليحة النبوة فهُزم وهرب — ثم عاد مسلمًا فقاتل في صف من هزمه."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/tulayha-ibn-khuwaylid",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-12"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid, war-chief of Banu Asad who claimed prophethood at the Prophet's death; [[person/khalid-ibn-al-walid|Khalid]] broke him at Buzakha and he fled to Syria — then returned a Muslim and fought in the conquests."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Life",
     "markdown": "When the Prophet died Tulayha rose among Banu Asad claiming revelation; clans of Ghatafan and Tayy' gathered to him, and his was the Ridda trouble closest to Medina {cite:tabari-donner-1993}.\n\nKhalid ibn al-Walid marched on him and broke him at [[event/battle-of-buzakha|Buzakha]] in 632 CE, and Tulayha fled to Syria beyond the caliphate's reach {cite:tabari-donner-1993}.\n\nThen he returned a Muslim; the tradition says he witnessed the engagements in Iraq among the Muslims' soldiery and died in Umar's caliphate {cite:ibn-sad-tabaqat-bewley}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "For young visitors",
     "markdown": "Tulayha claimed prophethood, was defeated and fled — then returned a Muslim and fought in the ranks of the side that had beaten him."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/tulayha-ibn-khuwaylid",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-12"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "تعارف",
     "markdown": "طلیحہ بن خویلد بنو اسد کے ایک سردار تھے۔ نبی کی وفات کے وقت انہوں نے نبوت کا دعویٰ کیا، تو [[person/khalid-ibn-al-walid|خالد]] نے انہیں [[event/battle-of-buzakha|بزاخہ]] میں شکست دی اور وہ شام کی طرف بھاگ گئے۔ بعد میں وہ اسلام لے آئے اور فتوحات میں جہاد کیا۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "زندگی",
     "markdown": "نبی کی وفات کے بعد طلیحہ نے بنو اسد میں کھڑے ہو کر وحی کا دعویٰ کیا۔ اس کے گرد غطفان اور طے کے کئی قبیلے جمع ہو گئے، اور یہ فتنۂ ارتداد میں مدینہ کے سب سے قریب کا فتنہ تھا۔ {cite:tabari-donner-1993}\n\nخالد بن الولید نے اس کے خلاف لشکر کشی کی اور سنہ 632 عیسوی میں بزاخہ کے مقام پر اسے شکست دی، جس کے بعد طلیحہ خلافت کے دائرے سے باہر شام کی طرف فرار ہو گیا۔ {cite:tabari-donner-1993}\n\nپھر وہ واپس آ کر مسلمان ہو گیا۔ روایات کے مطابق اس نے عراق کی فتوحات میں مسلمانوں کے لشکر کے ساتھ شرکت کی اور عمر کی خلافت کے دوران وفات پائی۔ {cite:ibn-sad-tabaqat-bewley}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "بچوں کے لیے",
     "markdown": "طلیحہ نے نبوت کا دعویٰ کیا، شکست کھائی اور بھاگ گیا۔ پھر وہ مسلمان ہو گیا اور اسی لشکر میں شامل ہو کر لڑا جس نے اسے شکست دی تھی۔"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/tulayha-ibn-khuwaylid",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
 },
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  "person/umar-ibn-al-khattab",
  "person/umm-ayman",
  "person/umm-salama"
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  {
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  "person/musaylima",
  "person/uyayna-ibn-hisn",
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