Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Battle of Badr (Arabic: غَزْوَةُ بَدْرٍ [ɣazwatu badr] (Urdu transliteration: Ghazwah-i-Badr), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (Arabic: يَوْمُ الْفُرْقَانْ, Arabic pronunciation: [jawm'ul fur'qaːn]) in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH), [2] near the present-day city of Badr, Al Madinah Province in ...
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.
English: Portion of a map of Arabia depicting routes in the Badr campaign (Battle of Badr), showing the Meccan caravan approaching from the northwest, the Muslim army from the northeast, and the Meccan army from the southeast.
Badr (Arabic: بَـدْر, full name: Badr Hunayn, Arabic: بدر حنین) is a town in Medina Province, Hijaz, Saudi Arabia. It is located about 130 km (81 mi) from the Islamic holy city of Medina. It was the location of the Battle of Badr, between the Quraishi-led polytheists, and the Muslims under the leadership of Muhammad, [1] in 624 CE.
Operation Badr was the opening battle of the Yom Kippur War in the Sinai, and the first major Arab victory against the Israelis in years. By repelling a division-sized counterattack on 8 October, and establishing bridgeheads on the east bank to a depth of around 15 kilometers, the Egyptians had accomplished the objectives of Operation Badr.
The battlefield and burial ground of the Muslims at Badr. On 13 March 624 (17 Ramadan 2 AH), Muhammad faced the Meccans in the first pitched battle, the Battle of Badr. [40] The Muslims took up a defensive position. The battle started off with a duel between three Muslim and three Meccan champions, which the Muslims decided in their favour.
Cemetery of martyrs of The Battle of Badr Al Kubra at the wells of Badr. After Dhu al-Shamalayn came to Madina he participated in the Battle of Badr. This was his first and last Ghazwa. [3] In this battle he sacrificed his life for Islam and became a Badri martyr, a holiness shared by only fourteen others.
Meanwhile, a force from Mecca was sent to protect the caravan. The force did not return home upon hearing that the caravan was safe. The battle of Badr began in March 624. [22] Though outnumbered more than three to one, the Muslims won the battle, killing at least forty-five Meccans and taking seventy prisoners for ransom; only fourteen Muslims ...