Hudhayfah Ibn Mihsan al-Bariqi (Arabic: حذيفة بن محصن البارقي),[1] was a companion of Muhammad.
Hudaifa entered the province of Oman, but not having strong enough forces to fight Dhu'l-Taj, he decided to wait for reinforcement, and wrote to the Caliph accordingly.
Ikrimah, having no local administrative responsibility, used his corps to subdue the neighbourhood of Daba, and in a number of small actions succeeded in breaking the resistance of those of the Azd who had continued to defy the authority of Medina.
[15] Then Hudhayfah, Arfajah, and a chief of Sadus ibn Shayban clan named Mujaz'ah ibn Thawr as-Sadusi, started to fill the complex with their tribes and clansmen,[16] Along with Banu Tamim tribe.
At this certain moment, Utbah commence Arfajah final plan to commit his main forces to flank the unexpected Sassanid force, causing heavy casualties on them and routing them, thus this operation of relieving al Ala Hadrami mariners which has been posed to danger of being isolated in the Persian soil were succeeded.