Siege of Al-Hadiqat
| Siege of al-Hadiqat | |||||||
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| Part of the Ridda Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Rashidun Caliphate | Banu Hanifa and Musaylimah's followers | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Khalid ibn al-Walid Shurahbil ibn Hasana Zayd ibn al-Khattab † al-Bara' ibn Malik Wahshi ibn Harb |
Musaylimah † Rajjal ibn Unfuwa † Muhkam ibn Tufayl † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 (after reinforcements) | 15,000–20,000 (survivors from the Battle of Aqraba) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,200+ killed | 10,000–21,000 killed | ||||||
The Siege of al-Hadiqat, also known as the Siege of the Garden (ḥadīqat al-mawt), took place in December 632 CE during the Ridda Wars, shortly after the Battle of Aqraba. It occurred near the village of Aqraba in the region of al-Yamama, in present-day Saudi Arabia. Following a bloody field battle, the remaining forces of Musaylimah, a self-proclaimed prophet and leader of the Banu Hanifa, retreated into a large fortified garden complex. The Rashidun army, commanded by Khalid ibn al-Walid as the main commander., launched a final assault on this stronghold, ultimately killing Musaylimah and ending the rebellion. The siege marked the decisive conclusion of the Yamama campaign and resulted in extremely high casualties, including the deaths of hundreds of Qur'an reciters (ḥuffāẓ), which prompted the first compilation of the Qur'an under Caliph Abu Bakr..