Fijar Wars

Fijar Wars
Datec. late 6th century
Location
Result

Hawazin victory in 4 battles
Quraysh victory in 1 battle

  • Reconciliation and restoration of relations later
Belligerents
Quraysh
Supported by:
Kinana
Hawazin
Supported by:
Qays
Commanders and leaders
Harb ibn Umayya
Abd Allah ibn Jud'an
Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Awwam ibn Khuwaylid 
Hisham ibn al-Mughirah
Abu Bara

The Fijar Wars (Arabic: حرب الفِجَار, romanizedḤarb al-Fijār, lit.'the Sacrilegious Wars') were a series of battles that took place in the late 6th century mainly between two major tribal confederations of Arabia, the Quraysh and the Hawazin. According to the sources, the fighting took place on eight days over the course of four years.[1]

The conflict takes its name from the fact that its battles took place during the sacred months during which warfare was prohibited—a prohibition that usually enabled commerce to take place without interference from tribal feuds.

  1. ^ Fück 1965, pp. 883–884.