The War of Basus, a 40-year-old chain of revenge
- - Oh, good! In 494, in Arabia, members of the Tahglib tribe killed the camel of a man named Saad Bin Shams. This man was under the protection of a woman named Al-Basus, the aunt of the chief of the Bakr tribe. The conflict that was about to explode was named.
Immediately, they decided to avenge the camel's death. The conflict between the related tribes of Taghlib and Bakr was unleashed and the crazy circle of vengeance was maintained until 534. In the absurd war of 40, there was no clear winner.
At present, Basus is used as a metaphor for the damage caused by war revenge in different parts of the Arab world.
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