![]() ![]() The reason for this battle was to save Medina from attack, after Banu Nazir and Banu Qurayzah tribes formed an alliance with the Quraysh to attack him as revenge for expelling them from Medina during the Invasion of Banu Qaynuqa and Invasion of Banu Nadir. In this battle, they dug a trench to render the enemy cavalry ineffective. Īs they had in the battles of Badr and Uhud, the Muslim army again used strategic methods against their opponents (at Badr, the Muslims surrounded the wells, but did not deprive their opponents of water since Ali did not want to follow the footsteps of the Meccan army at the Battle of Uhud, Muslims made strategic use of the hills). Nevertheless, he was unable to prevent the Meccan one. Muhammad also tried, with limited success, to break up many alliances against the Muslim expansion. Although no fighting occurred, the coastal tribes were impressed with Muslim power. ![]() In Sha'ban AH 4 (October 625) Muhammad raised a force of 300 men and 10 horses to meet the Quraysh army of 1,000 at Badr for the second time. Although the Muslims neither won nor were defeated at the Battle of Uhud, their military strength was gradually growing. The Qur'an uses the term confederates ( الاحزاب) in Surah Al-Ahzab 33:9-32 to denote the confederacy of non-believers and Jews against Islam.Īfter their migration from Mecca, the Muslims fought the Meccan Quraysh at the Battle of Badr in 624, and at the Battle of Uhud in 625. The battle is also referred to as the Battle of Confederates ( غزوة الاحزاب). Salman the Persian advised Muhammad to dig a trench around the city. The word khandaq ( خَندَق) is the Arabised form of the Middle Persian word kandag ( کندگ meaning "that which has been dug"). The battle is named after the " Trench", or khandaq, that was dug by Muslims in preparation for the battle as an act of defense. The defeat caused the Meccans to lose their trade and much of their prestige. As a consequence, the Muslim army besieged the area of the Banu Qurayza tribe, leading to their surrender. Efforts to defeat the Muslims failed, and Islam became influential in the region. The siege was a "battle of wits", in which the Muslims tactically overcame their opponents while suffering very few casualties. ![]() The well-organized defenders, the sinking of confederate morale, and poor weather conditions caused the siege to end in a fiasco. However, Muhammad's diplomacy derailed the negotiations, and broke up the confederacy against him. Hoping to make several attacks at once, the confederates persuaded the Muslim-allied Medinan Jews, Banu Qurayza, to attack the city from the south. The largely outnumbered defenders of Medina, mainly Muslims led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dug a trench on the suggestion of Salman the Persian, which, together with Medina's natural fortifications, rendered the confederacy's cavalry (consisting of horses and camels) useless, locking the two sides in a stalemate. The strength of the confederate armies is estimated at around 10,000 men with six hundred horses and some camels, while the Medinan defenders numbered 3,000. The Battle of the Trench ( Arabic: غزوة الخندق, romanized: Ghazwat al-Khandaq), also known as the Battle of Khandaq ( Arabic: معركة الخندق, romanized: Ma’rakah al-Khandaq) and the Battle of the Confederates ( Arabic: غزوة الاحزاب, romanized: Ghazwat al-Ahzab), took place in the year 627 it was a 27-day-long defense by Muslims of Yathrib (now Medina) from Arab and Jewish tribes. ![]()
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