Islamic Strife and Battles in Hiliat Al-Awliya’ wa Tabakat Al-Asfia’ by Abuy Naim Asbahani (430 AH.): from the Beginning of Islam until the End of the First Abbasid

Abstract

The present study aims at highlighting many of the conflicts and Islamic battles that took place from the beginning of Islam until the end of the first Abbasid era in the year (232 AH). They had a great impact in understanding the movement of Arab in the Islamic history during that period. Many resources provided us with abundant and varied information about great events. The research was divided into four sections. The first section is devoted to the study of the life of Abu Naim Al-Asbhani, and his method in the book of the Awliya’. The second section deals with the wars of apostasy and the Islamic conquests in the Rashidian era: the battles of liberating Iraq from the Persian control, the conquest of Estran, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, and Masbathan. The third section handles the Islamic conquests and conflicts in the Umayyad period: wars against the Byzantines, against the Turks, the conquest of Andalusia and India, and internal temptations: the revolution of the chosen one, Ibn Al-Ash'ath, and Ibn Al-Zubayr. The fourth topic referred to the seditions and Islamic battles in the first Abbasid era: wars between the Abbasids and the Umayyads, wars against the Byzantines, and war against the Turks. The research included a conclusion that included the most important results of the research, and confirmed the sources that contributed to its writing