The Names of the Martyrs of Uhud: Seventy Companions in Ibn Hisham’s List

The names of the martyrs of Uhud are recorded in the sirah sources, counted clan by clan. The earliest and most widespread list is in Ibn Hisham’s al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, which transmits the narration of Ibn Ishaq: Ibn Ishaq counts sixty-five names, four from the Muhajirun and sixty-one from the Ansar; Ibn Hisham adds five more names to this list and reaches a total of seventy. In this article, we give the names in the order found in Ibn Hisham, with the distinction between Muhajirun and Ansar and according to their clans. No name that is not in the source has been added to the list.

How Many Martyrs of Uhud Are There?

According to the “Uhud Gazvesi” (Battle of Uhud) entry of the TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam (TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi), the Muslims lost seventy martyrs in the battle, which took place in the third year of the Hijrah. In Ibn Hisham’s work, at the end of the list transmitted from Ibn Ishaq, the total of the Muhajirun and Ansar who fought alongside the Prophet and fell as martyrs is given as sixty-five people; Ibn Hisham then counts five more names, saying “those of the seventy martyrs we have mentioned whom Ibn Ishaq did not name”. The list below is the sum of these two parts.

One thing should be kept in mind while reading: the spelling of Arabic names in English shows small differences from source to source (such as Hanzalah or Hanzala, Jamuh or Jumuh). We have used a common simplified English transliteration without diacritics. The word “ibn” in the names means “son of”.

The Martyrs from the Muhajirun

Ibn Hisham’s list begins with four Companions who had emigrated from Makkah.

The Martyrs from the Ansar: The Aws Tribe

The martyrs of the Ansar are counted first according to the clans of the Aws tribe.

Three notes concerning this section are given separately in the source. Ibn Ishaq reports, on the authority of Asim ibn Umar ibn Qatadah, that Thabit ibn Waqsh, the father of Salamah and Amr, was also martyred that day. It is also said that the name of Ubayd ibn al-Tayyihan was Atik. For Abu Hayyah, Ibn Hisham adds the note “Abu Hayyah ibn Amr ibn Thabit”.

Two names in this part of the list are remembered with the best-known scenes of Uhud. Hanzalah ibn Abi Amir is known by the title “Ghasil al-Mala’ikah”, that is, the one washed by the angels. Abdullah ibn Jubayr was the commander of the archers’ unit; according to the TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam, he fell as a martyr on the hill of Aynayn together with ten of his companions who did not leave their post. We described the Archers’ Hill and the course of the battle in our article on Mount Uhud.

The Martyrs from the Ansar: The Khazraj Tribe

The list continues with the clans of the Khazraj tribe; the sub-clans of the Banu al-Najjar are counted separately.

Those buried in the same grave

The list in Ibn Hisham also records that some of the martyrs were buried in the same grave: Kharijah ibn Zayd and Sa’d ibn al-Rabi’ were placed in one grave; Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Haram and Amr ibn al-Jamuh in one grave; and al-Nu’man ibn Malik, al-Mujadhdhar ibn Ziyad and Ubadah ibn al-Hashas in one grave as well. The TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam also states that the martyrs were buried where they died, mostly two or three to a grave, in the clothes they were wearing.

The Five Names Ibn Hisham Added to the List

Ibn Hisham completes the number to seventy by adding the following names, which Ibn Ishaq did not count.

The name of al-Harith ibn Adi ibn Kharashah of the Banu Khatmah occurs in Ibn Hisham’s text in the same sentence as the lineage of Khatmah; we confirmed this name with a second source as well. In al-Isabah, under the entry “al-Harith ibn Adi ibn Kharashah”, Ibn Hajar records that he was martyred on the day of Uhud and that Ibn Abd al-Barr mentioned this on the authority of Ibn al-Kalbi.

The Breakdown of the Numbers

That the great majority of the martyrs were from the Ansar is connected with the battle being fought right beside Madinah and with the people of Madinah making up the majority of the army. In a city with a limited population, this loss affected almost every family; the presence in the list of father and son together (Amr ibn Qays and Qays; Amr ibn al-Jamuh and Khallad) and of brothers together (Salamah and Amr; Sayfi and Habab) is an indication of this.

Where Are the Martyrs of Uhud Buried?

According to the TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam, the Prophet ordered those who had taken the bodies of their relatives to Madinah to bury the martyrs where they had died. As part of the cemetery area was close to a flood channel and the water canal of Madinah passed through here, some graves were, according to the narration, moved to Jannat al-Baqi forty-six years later, while Hamzah and most of the martyrs remained at Uhud. Today the Uhud Martyrs’ Cemetery is an area enclosed by a wall and wire fencing, with no grave structures.

For the visit to the cemetery, the greeting supplication and the etiquette of visiting, see our article on visiting the martyrs of Uhud; for the Baqi Cemetery, our article on Jannat al-Baqi; and for the other places of visit in Madinah, our guide to places to visit in Madinah.

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References

This article was prepared by the RotaNur editorial team on the basis of the sources below. The list of names is given in the order found in Ibn Hisham’s work, and no name that is not in the source has been added. The English spelling of Arabic names may differ between sources.

1. Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, chapter “The Battle of Uhud: mention of those martyred at Uhud” (Arabic text). hadithunlocked.com. Accessed: 11.11.2026.
2. “Uhud Gazvesi” (Battle of Uhud), TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam). islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Accessed: 11.11.2026.
3. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, al-Isabah fi Tamyiz al-Sahabah, entry “al-Harith ibn Adi ibn Kharashah” (Arabic text). ar.wikisource.org. Accessed: 11.11.2026.