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Arabic name of the battle

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This is a rather minor point, but the Arabic name given in the lead is currently "Battle of the Defile" (Arabic: وقعة الشعب Waqʿat al-Shʿib). Al-Tabari does indeed use this name twice in his description of the battle (History, v. 25: pp. 71, 89); however, he far more frequently refers to it as the "Day of the Defile" (Arabic: يوم الشعب Yawm al-Shʿib) (History, v. 25: pp. 75, 83, 84, 89, 90, 93). I quickly checked a few other primary sources; Khalifah ibn Khayyat (Tarikh 1985, p. 344) provides a description of the battle but gives no name for it; al-Baladhuri (Origins, v. 2: p. 201) makes only an indirect reference to it, and al-Ya'qubi (Tarikh, Buldan) seems to ignore it altogether. Unless Ibn A'tham uses a different name for the battle, I think that Yawm al-Shʿib should at least make an appearance in the article somewhere. Ro4444 (talk) 02:59, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, IIRC, in Arabic usage, "Day of X" is fully equivalent to "Battle of X", so there's not that much difference: it does not affect the English na,e since the English-language bibliography uses "Battle" throughout. Feel free to add the Arabic name next to the one already existing in the lead, though. Constantine 18:09, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Issues

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[Placeholder]. TrangaBellam (talk) 06:47, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]