""It is my arm (that you should praise) not my sword..." Zubayr ibn Awwam response towards his comrades appraisal after he killed Nawfal ibn Abdullah al-Makhzumi during the battle of the Trench."
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Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (; 594–656) was an Arab Muslim commander in the service of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the caliphs Abu Bakr () and Umar () who played a leading role in the Ridda Wars against rebel tribes in Arabia in 632–633 and later participated in early Muslim conquests of Sasanian Iraq in 633–634, Byzantine Syria in 634–638, and African Exarchate in 639–643.
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