Basus War

Before the war:

The story of Al-Basous war start with a love story, a cliche for many of the wars of the past. The love story was between Jalilah bint Murah of the tribe bakr and Kulayb ibn Rabiah of the tribe taghleb, they were the romeo and juliet of their time and everybody knew they were meant for each other. Jalilah was the daughter of the tribe's chief, sister to two brothers important to this story. The brothers were Jasas ibn Murah and Hamam ibn Murah, the latter being bestfriend of Kulayb's brother Uday ibn Rabia better known as Al-Zeir Salim. Salim and Hamam spent their time together drinking and hunting and being good friends to one another. The story takes a shift to Yemen with one of its kings Hassan al Toba' Al Yamani, known to be a great warrior in all of Arabia with a reputation of being a raider who raided a lot of nation and even killed Rabiah ibn Taghleb the father of Kulayb and Salim. Al Yamani took a liking to Jalilah bint Murah for her reputation of being the most beautiful woman of Arabia. Al Tabe' Al Yamani went proposed to Jalilah through her father by offering him and his sons small parts of his kingdom. Jasas was fueled to accept the marriage because he did not like Kulayb as he -along with most men- looked down on Jasas thinking of him as a coward. Jalilah ended up marrying Al toba' Al Yamani and he sent his men for her to get her along with her luggage, which was hundreds of wooden boxes filled with the heavy luggage. Went with Jalilah and her carriage was a clown called Koshmor playing with a toy sword to make the journey to Yemen easier on Jalilah. They reached the wedding venue and the ceremony had officially started, hours had passed and the wine drinking has taken al Yamani's mind away. The Yemeni king goes on to ask Jalilah to sing for him but she rejects the idea because she felt shy singing in front of everyone so he orders them to leave however Jalilah asks him to keep Koshmor the clown. The clown reveals himself to be Kulayb and pulls out his sword and starts fighting with Al toba' al yamani while his men hiding in Jalilah's luggage wooden boxes jump out of the boxes and ambush the guards. Kulayb succeeds in killing Al-toba' Al yamani and escapes with Jalilah and his men back to Bakr where they get married.

As expected the death of the king of Yemen left a sour taste in the throats of his family especially his uncle Omran Al Qasir, and they threatened to invade bakr and taghlib with a hundred thousand warriors. Back then the Yemeni army was the strongest in all of Arabia, but Kulayb was able to stop them with his own forces, not just that but he also mentioned to kill their leader Omran. After defeating the Yemeni army Kulayb became a king, gaining great wealth and fame and becoming a legend in all of Arabia. As his wealth and fame grew his ego grew with it and started being arrogant. His wealth started being signified by elements of his own choosing, he would see the clouds gathering up together and say wherever it rains the land it rains on is his. He even start to let Jalilah's cattle graze with his own cattle in his land even though he is known to be very protective of his property showing that his love for Jalilah was too great. Jalilah at this point had given birth to seven daughters to Kulayb, but not a son which means if something happens to Kulayb all of his wealth will be given to Salim his brother.

Al-Zeir Salim: The younger brother of Kulayb, known for enjoying the company of women and wine but this had him spending a lot of time with bad company.

• Al-Zeir Salim