Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi (died c. 695) was a Muslim commander
from the Arab tribe of Banu Amir, and the leader of the Qays faction in
the late 7th century. During the First Muslim Civil War he led his tribe
in A'isha's army against Caliph Ali at the Battle of the Camel in 656.
In 657 he fought under Mu'awiya against Ali at the Battle of Siffin.
During the Second Muslim Civil War he served Caliph Yazid I against
anti-Umayyad rebels in the Battle of al-Harra in 683. After Yazid died,
Zufar supported Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr's bid against the Umayyads. At
the Battle of Marj Rahit in 684, the Qays were crushed by the Umayyads
and their allies. Zufar then set up headquarters in Qarqisiya and led
the Qays tribes against the Kalb. After three sieges of Qarqisiya from
685 to 691, Zufar negotiated a peace with Caliph Abd al-Malik. Zufar's
troops were pardoned, rewarded and integrated into the Umayyad military.
The peace was sealed by the marriage of Zufar's daughter Rabab to the
caliph's son Maslama.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zufar_ibn_al-Harith_al-Kilabi>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1758:
Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the
Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zorndorf>
1942:
World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at
Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay>
1989:
The NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to
Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's
rings (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Neptune>
2001:
American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record
company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after
taking off from Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Marsh_Harbour_Cessna_402_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
as you sow, so shall you reap:
The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's
good or bad intentions towards others.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/as_you_sow%2C_so_shall_you_reap>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Nowhere on earth does the rose of happiness blossom without
thorns; but what bursts forth out of these thorns is everywhere and in
various guises the transient, yet beautiful rose of man’s joy in
living.
--Johann Gottfried Herder
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Herder>