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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Blacksmith INDUSTRY

Mohammad Suyanto 

Abstract

The availability of iron ore and copper in significant amounts in the Arabian Peninsula, is a blacksmith's craft work in many cities and villages in the sixth and seventh centuries in the Hijaz. Production of this form kerajianan weapons, equipment, furniture and various other articles of iron, as well as local kitchen equipment from copper and copper pipes. Pre-Islamic poetry praising the power of the iron craftsman. When in the early seventh century, the Arab conquests, the demand for weapons at that time increased sharply. Weapons include swords, shields, arrow heads and other war equipment. Iron was also imported from India and Persia through Basra, used to produce war equipment. At the time of the birth of Islam, iron handicraft industry is an industry in the Hijaz kerajianan prominent people. No less than 30 blacksmith doing business at the time of the Messenger of Allah of Khaibar. After the war Huanain at 630, a Roman slave who specializes in metal craft, named Al-Azraq bin '' Uqbah al-Thaqafi after defected to the Muslims and converted to Islam, his name became famous in the kerajianan. Al Azdi reported that a large metal dealers operating in Madina at the time it went well.

Local metal handicrafts show outstanding growth. Banu Qurayzah conquest by Muslim armies in 626, reported a 1500 booty sword, spear, 2000, 300 armor and 500 shields. Three thousand spears are also used in the war Hunayn at 630, in the battle, troops Prophet using armor provided by Safwan bin Umayyad.

The Qur'an contains things related to armor, as in the letter of Saba 'verse 11: "Make the armor that large-scale and measure the basket and do good works. Indeed I see what you do. "

"And We taught him to make armor for you, to keep you in peperanganmu. So should you give thanks (to Allah) "(Al-Anbiya ': 80).

"And We sent down iron which it is a great strength and many benefits for mankind" (Al-Hadid: 25).

Prophet Muhammad's son, Ibrahim every day taken care of by the wife of a blacksmith, Abu Sayf. Khabbab ibn al-Aratt is someone who is a specialist makes a sword, he made a sword'Isa bin al-Wa'il, head of the tribe of Banu Jumah. Marzuq al-Sayqal, as a metal polisher and also that adorned the Prophet Muhammad's sword is known as Zulfikar. Ibn Sa'd reported that the sword came from the spoils of war from Badr Qurays. Walid ibn al-Mughirah, al-`As ibn Hisham and al-Azraq bin` 'Uqbah Thaqafi al-Arab is a blacksmith who is known in history. According to al-Baladhuri, they were slaves who had been freed by the Prophet Muhammad when occupying Ta'if.


source:http://journal.amkom.ac.id

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