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The date Muhammad set out for Mecca is variously given as 2, 6 or 10 Ramadan 8 AH. [4] The date Muhammad entered Mecca is variously given as 10, 17/18, 19 or 20 Ramadan 8 AH. [4] The conversion of these dates to the Julian calendar depends on what assumptions are made about the calendar in use in Mecca at the time.
Muhammad led the Conquest of Mecca in Ramadan of the Islamic year 8 AH (corresponding to Dec. 629/Jan. 630). The Quraysh in Mecca was Muhammad's final major rival in the Arabian Peninsula, and following the conquest, Muhammad focused his military operations on further expansion of his Islamic realm to the north, with a campaign against the Ghassanids and the Byzantine Empire.
Although Husayn and the people of Medina were defeated at the Battle of Karbala in October 680 and the Battle of al-Harrah in August 683, Ibn al-Zubayr continued his opposition to Yazid from the sanctuary of Mecca, the Islamic holy city. Yazid's forces besieged Mecca in September 683 and bombarded the city with catapults. [5]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. Expansion of the Islamic state (622–750) For later military territorial expansion of Islamic states, see Spread of Islam. Early Muslim conquests Expansion under Muhammad, 622–632 Expansion under the Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661 Expansion under the Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750 Date ...
751 - Milestones installed along the Darb Zubaidah (Baghdad-Mecca road). 793 - Harun al-Rashid visits city. [5] 810 - Aqueduct built. [1] 930 - City sacked by Qarmatians; Black Stone taken out of Mecca. [5] [7] 951 - Black Stone returned to Mecca "for a great ransom". [5] [7] 1184 - Traveller Ibn Jubayr visits city. [8] 1265 - Egyptian Mamluks ...
The Muslim–Quraysh War was a six-year military and religious war in the Arabian Peninsula between the early Muslims led by Muhammad on one side and the Arab pagan Quraysh tribe on the other. [2] [3] The war started in March 624 with the Battle of Badr, [4] and concluded with the Conquest of Mecca. [5]
With over 10.8 million international visitors in 2023, Mecca was one of the ten most visited cities in the world. [7] Mecca is generally considered "the fountainhead and cradle of Islam". [8] [9] Mecca is revered in Islam as the birthplace of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
The early Muslim–Meccan conflict refer to a series of raids in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions participated. The raids were generally offensive [1] and carried out to gather intelligence or seize back the confiscated Muslim trade goods of caravans financed by the Mushrik of the Quraysh.