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Umm Haram at sea, c. 649 CE

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28 AH

BattleLarnaca, Cyprusabout 1,400 years ago

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Umm Haram at sea

Muawiyah's first fleet sails to Cyprus. Umm Haram, whom the Prophet ﷺ foretold would sail with the first sea army, falls from her mount and dies there.

MuawiyahUmm Haram bint MilhanUbadah ibn al-Samit

Sahih al-Bukhari 2788

Source: Bukhari, History ·

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