Battle of Zafar

{{Short description|632 battle}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Battle of Zafar

| partof = Ridda wars and
Campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid

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| date = October 632

| place = Zafar, Ha'il, Arabia

| result = Rashidun Caliphate victory

| combatant1 = Rashidun Caliphate

| combatant2 = Apostate rebels

| commander1 = Abu Bakr
Khalid ibn al-Walid

| commander2 = Salma (Umm Zhiml){{KIA}}

| strength1 = Unknown

| strength2 = Unknown

| casualties1 = Negligible

| casualties2 = Heavy

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{{Campaignbox Civil Wars of the Early Caliphates}}

{{Campaignbox Apostate Wars}}

{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Khalid ibn Walid}}

The Battle of Zafar took place in 632 between Khalid ibn al-Walid, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a tribal chieftess called Salma. Khalid defeated her and she died on the battlefield. The battle was part of the Ridda Wars.

The apostate leader was riding on a camel, surrounded by her loyal bodyguards.

In third week of October 632 CE Khalid ibn al-Walid approached her with a group of mujahideen and slaughtered her and her bodyguards. Several hundred apostates died in this battle.