Mythology: PORTRAIT OF A LADY

Nusseibeh bint Ka’ab (also Umm Ammarah), a member of the Banu Najjar tribe living in Medina, was an early convert to Islam. She was one of two women to personally pledge directly to the prophet Muhammad.

The Battle of Uhud

There were many virtues attributed to Nusaybah, yet she is most remembered for taking part in the Battle of Uhud (625).

Abdullah bin Rowahah at the battle of Uhud

The Battle of Uhud was fought on Saturday, March 19, 625 at the valley located in front of Mount Uhud, in northwestern Arabia. It occurred between a force from the Muslim community of Medina led by the prophet Muhammad, and a force led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb from Mecca.

Whilst outnumbered, the Muslims gained the early initiative and forced the Meccan lines back. However, during the battle, a breach of orders by the Muslim archers allowed a surprise attack from the Meccan cavalry, which brought chaos to the Muslim ranks. Many Muslims were killed, and even the Prophet himself was badly injured.

Nusayba b. Ka’b as depicted in the MBC TV Series ‘Umar'

At that point, Nusaybah, who was bringing water to the fighters and tending the wounded, went forward, with her sword unsheathed and her bow in her hand, to join the small group who were standing firm with the Prophet, acting as a human shield to protect him.

When a horse-mounted Meccan attacked her, she pulled on the horse's bridle and plunged her sword into its neck, toppling the horse on top of its rider. Witnessing this, the Prophet called to Abdullah to help his mother and the pair dispatched the struggling rider. Abdullah was wounded himself, as a Meccan cut across his left arm, and Nusaybah treated him, picking her sword back up, and advanced on her son's attacker, cuting his leg off with a blow of her sword. He fell to the ground where he was killed by other fighters.

But the battle was lost and the Muslims had to withdraw up the slopes of ‘Uḥud. The Meccans did not pursu, but marched back to Mecca declaring victory.

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Saint Tatiana was a Christian martyr in 3rd-century Rome during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severuss (222-235). She was a deaconess of the early church. One day the jurist Ulpian captured Tatiana and attempted to force her to make a sacrifice to Apollo. She prayed, and miraculously, an earthquake destroyed the Apollo statue and part of the temple collapsed and fell down on the pagan priests and many pagans. The demon inhabiting the idol fled screeching from that place. Those present saw its shadow flying through the air.

Tatiana was then blinded, they tore her eyes out with hooks, and beaten for two days, before being brought to a circus and thrown into the pit with a hungry lion. But the lion did not touch her and lay at her feet.

The next morning they took St Tatiana to the tribunal once more. The torturers beheld with astonishment that after such terrible torments she appeared completely healthy. They urged her to offer sacrifice to the goddess Diana. St Tatiana made the Sign of the Cross and began to pray. Suddenly, there was a crash of deafening thunder, and lightning struck the idol, the sacrificial offerings and the pagan priests. For this, the martyr was again fiercely tortured. She was hung up and scraped with iron claws, and her breasts were cut off.

They threw Tatiana into a fire, but the fire did not harm the martyr. The pagans, thinking that she was a sorceress, cut her hair to take away her magical powers, then locked her up in the temple of Zeus.

On the third day, pagan priests came to the temple intending to offer sacrifice to Zeus. They beheld the idol on the floor, shattered to pieces, and the holy martyr Tatiana joyously praising the Lord Jesus Christ. The judge then condemned the valiant sufferer to be beheaded with a sword. Her father was also executed with her.

Tatiana is venerated as a saint, and her feast day is on January 12 (for those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, January 12 currently falls on January 25 of the modern Gregorian Calendar). The miracles performed by Saint Tatiana are said to have converted many people to the fledgling religion. Saint Tatiana is patron saint of students. In Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, Tatiana Day, also known as "Students Day", is a public holiday.

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Mythology

6 works depicting the life and times of Nusaybah Bint ka'ab - The Woman Warrior of Arabia

05 Works, Interpretation of the bible, Martyr Tatiana of Rome, with Footnotes