Rashidun troops deployment[edit]
In the records of Muslim chroniclers from the era of 7th centuries to 10-11th centuries there is known the detail about the composition of the Rashidun army and Units involved in this battle. there are some version of the deployment composition
It is recorded by Tabari that the Rashidun army was composed as 12.000 army with the deployment as follow:
Hashim ibn Uthba as overall commander
Al-Qa'qa'a ibn Amr at-Tamimi commanding the van guard
Si'r bin Malik commanding the right wing of the army
Amr bin Malik bin Utba commanding the left wing of the army
Amr bin murra al Juhani commanding the rear guards
While Talha (Tulayha) ibn Khuwaylid ibn Nawfal al-Asadi; Amru bin Ma'adi Yakrib; Qays bin Makshuh and Hujur bin Adi is coming later as the reinforcements. Generally, the overall troops was consisting the prominent figures Ansar and Muhajireen during the first battles of Muslims and portions of Bedouin who formerly rebelled during Ridda wars[3]
Ahmad ibn A'tham provide the slightly different from Tabari composition which as follow
Jarir bin Abdullah al Bajali commanding the right wing of the army
Hujr bin Abdullah al-Kindi commanding the left wing of the army
Makshuh al Muradi commanding the obscure placement of wing units of the army
Amr bin murra al Juhani commanding the cavalry in the center
Talha (Tulayha) ibn Khuwaylid ibn Nawfal al-Asadi commanding the infantry.[3]
Baladhuri mentioned very brief composition which similar to Ahmad ibn A'tham except he includes Jarir bin Abdullah.[3]