Muʾtah

E731723
historic site town

Muʾtah is a historic town in modern-day Jordan, best known as the site of an early Islamic battle in 629 CE in which several prominent Muslim leaders, including Jaʿfar ibn Abi Talib, were killed.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mu'tah 4
Muʾtah canonical 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWith Rashidun period NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Islamic military campaigns ⓘ
battleInvolvedParty Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine-allied Arab Christian tribes ⓘ
Muslim forces from Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleOutcomeCharacterization strategic demonstration of Muslim military presence ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
commemoratedBy Islamic historical tradition ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
dateOfEvent 629 CE ⓘ
8 AH ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Mu'tah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muta NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEvent Battle of Muʾtah NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbySite mausoleums of Battle of Muʾtah martyrs NERFINISHED ⓘ
mosques dedicated to Battle of Muʾtah commanders ⓘ
hasToponymLanguage Arabic ⓘ
historicalAssociation Prophet Muhammad’s companions NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole frontier zone between early Muslim state and Byzantine territories ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Muʾtah NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageRegion Arabic-speaking world NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Karak Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern-day Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
memorializedIn Islamic biographical literature (sira) ⓘ
hadith and maghazi literature ⓘ
notableDeath Jaʿfar ibn Abi Talib NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zayd ibn Harithah NERFINISHED ⓘ
ʿAbd Allah ibn Rawahah NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
proximityTo city of Karak NERFINISHED ⓘ
region southern Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionHistoricalSignificance Islamic history ⓘ
religiousTourism site of ziyara for Muslims ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence 7th century CE ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaʿfar ibn Abi Talib → deathPlace → Muʾtah ⓘ
Zayd ibn Harithah → deathPlace → Muʾtah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mu'tah
Zayd ibn Harithah → burialPlace → Muʾtah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mu'tah
Karak Governorate → contains → Muʾtah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mu'tah
Battle of Mu'tah → place → Muʾtah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mu'tah