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MilitarySlavery
First
Occurred 165
Atthetwomainbattles
between
Quraysh
andthe
Muslims,
those
of Badr and
Uh.
ud
(2-3/624-25), mawlas made
up
the
following
percentages
of the
total number of
Qurashi
casualties:
27
Percentage
Mawlas Total
Quraysh
of
mawlas
Badr
4 68
6
Uh.ud
24 4
These
percentages
areabouthalf
the
corresponding
Muslim
onesforthesamebattles
(seechapter4).
AtBadr,
Qurashi
slaves
went
off
insearchofwater.
28
At
Uh.
ud,"whenbattlewas
joined,
thefirst
tomeetthe
enemy
wasAbfi
C,mir
withthe
Ah.
abishand
theslavesofthe
people
ofMecca.
’’.9
This
passage
hintsatthe
slaves
forming
their own
corps. S.u’fb,
a
ghulm,carriedthe
Qurashi
banner at
Ubud
until hemethisdeath. Hass5nb.
Thfibit,theMuslim
poet,
madethiseventthebuttofasatirical
verse:
Youboastedof
yourflag;
Theworst(groundfor)
boasting
Isa
flag
handedover
to
S.u’fib.
Youhavemadeaslave
yourboast,
Themostmiserablecreaturethat
stalksthe
earth,
a
Theremarkablecareerof
Wa.hshi
has
already
beendiscussed
(seechapter4);sufficeitto
say
here
thathekilledtheuncleof
the
Prophet
at
U.hud
and
another Muslimatthe
Battleofal-
Khandaq.According
tothe
accountoftheslaveNistfs,
S.u’b
and
Wah.
shiwerethe
onlyslaveswhofoughtwith
Qurayshat
Uh.
ud;other
Qurashi
slaveswerenear
thebattleand
apparently
ready
to
participate,
however: "Abfi
Sufyfn [the leader of
orientalisticiinonoredi
Giorgio
Levi
della
Vida
(Rome,1956),1:434-47;G.-R.
Puin,
DerDwnvoncUmaribn
al-Uab
(Bonn,1970),pp.38-40.
27.
Badr:IH,1:708-15.
Ubd:
IH,
2:127-29.
28.IH,1:616.
29.IH,2:67.
30.
IH,
2:78/379
(slightlyadaptedfromGuillaume’s
translation).