105 results for “battle”
Clear filter...embrance of Allah. Dawud's rise to prominence began on the battlefield when, as a young man among the Israelite forces, he st...
...esting the digging of the Khandaq — the trench — before the Battle of the Trench (Ghazwat al-Khandaq) in 5 AH. This military s...
The Battle of Buzakha was the first decisive engagement of the Riddah ...
The Battle of Yamama was the bloodiest engagement of the Riddah Wars, ...
The Battle of Ullais was fought on the banks of the Euphrates as part ...
The Battle of al-Walaja was a significant engagement in southern Iraq ...
The Battle of Ajnadayn was one of the first major Muslim victories in ...
The Battle of the Bridge was a rare Muslim defeat during the Iraqi cam...
The Battle of al-Buwayb was the Muslim answer to the defeat at the Bri...
The Battle of Yarmouk was one of the most consequential battles in wor...
The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah was the decisive engagement that broke Sas...
The Battle of Jalula took place shortly after Qadisiyyah, as Sasanid f...
The Battle of Heliopolis was the decisive engagement in the Muslim con...
The Battle of Nihawand, called by Muslim historians 'the Victory of Vi...
The Battle of the Masts was the first great Muslim naval battle and on...
The Battle of the Camel was the first armed conflict between Muslim fa...
The Battle of Siffin was fought between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah...
The Battle of Nahrawan was Ali ibn Abi Talib's decisive campaign again...
The Battle of Karbala, fought on the tenth of Muharram 61 AH, stands a...
... (the Yaman alliance) at a conference in Jabiya, Golan. The Battle of Marj Rahit, fought near Damascus in 65 AH, was the decis...
...m Sicily and Constantinople were defeated at the subsequent Battle of Utica. The conquest was not without difficulty. The indi...
...Roderic (Rodrigo) assembled his forces and met Tariq at the Battle of Guadalete near the Guadalquivir River in 92 AH. The Visi...
The Battle of Guadalete, fought near the Guadalquivir River in souther...
...ard along the Indus. The decisive confrontation came at the Battle of Aror (or Rawor), where Raja Dahir was defeated and kille...
... of the Maghrib, the Khazar victory over Arab forces at the Battle of the Pass (112–114 AH) checked expansion into the Caucasu...
The Battle of Tours and Poitiers — known in Arabic sources as the Batt...
The Battle of the Great Zab River, fought in January 750 CE near the Z...
...l, the Abbasid governor Yusuf al-Fihri, was defeated at the Battle of al-Musara near Cordoba, and Abd al-Rahman entered the ci...
...cal population in ways that alienated potential allies. The Battle of the Defile (112 AH / 730 CE), in which a Khazar force in...
...ib. The last Umayyad caliph, Marwan II, was defeated at the Battle of the Zab and later killed in Egypt, ending Umayyad rule i...
The Battle of Badr was the first major armed engagement between the na...
The Battle of Uhud was fought one year after Badr when the Quraysh, sm...
The Battle of the Trench, also called al-Ahzab (the Confederates), saw...
The Battle of Khaybar was fought against a fortified Jewish settlement...
The Battle of Mu'tah was the first major Muslim engagement against the...
The Battle of Hunayn took place shortly after the Conquest of Mecca wh...
...border chieftains made treaties with the Muslims. Though no battle occurred, Tabuk demonstrated Muslim capacity to project for...
The Battle of Buzakha was one of the major engagements of the Ridda Wa...
The Battle of Yamama was the most costly and significant engagement of...
The Battle of Ullais, sometimes called the 'River of Blood,' was one o...
The Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah was among the most consequential engagemen...
The Battle of Yarmouk was one of the most decisive military engagement...
The Battle of Nahavand, known in Arabic sources as 'Fath al-Futuh' (Co...
...l force, winning a series of engagements culminating in the Battle of Heliopolis in 640 CE. After capturing Babylon Fortress (...
The Battle of the Camel was the first major armed conflict between Mus...
The Battle of Siffin was the largest engagement of the First Fitna, fo...
The Battle of Karbala is one of the most tragic events in Islamic hist...
...cavalry and 6,000 infantry. The decisive engagement was the Battle of Aror (Rohri) in 712 CE, where Raja Dahir was killed. Muh...
...tar with approximately 7,000 Berber and Arab troops. At the Battle of Guadalete (Wadi Laka) in July 711, the Visigothic army o...
The Battle of Poitiers, known in Arabic as Balat al-Shuhada (Plain of ...
The Battle of Talas was a rare direct military clash between the expan...
The Battle of the Great Zab was the decisive engagement that ended Uma...
The Battle of Dorylaeum was an early engagement of the First Crusade i...
The Battle of the Field of Blood was a decisive Muslim victory over th...
The Battle of Hattin was one of the most consequential military engage...
The Battle of Arsuf was fought during the Third Crusade, when Richard ...
The Battle of La Forbie was one of the worst military disasters suffer...
The Battle of the Indus was the final stand of Jalal al-Din Mangburni,...
The Battle of Ain Jalut was a turning point in world history — the fir...
The Battle of Kosovo was the pivotal engagement that established Ottom...
The Battle of Nicopolis decisively defeated the last major multination...
The Battle of Ankara was a catastrophic Ottoman defeat at the hands of...
The Battle of Chaldiran was the decisive confrontation between the Ott...
The Battle of Marj Dabiq was a brief but momentous engagement that end...
The Battle of Vienna in 1683 was the decisive defeat that ended Ottoma...
...he expedition to Hamra al-Asad took place the day after the Battle of Uhud, when the Prophet ﷺ ordered the same wounded compan...
... — supplies they had brought but turned back with. While no battle took place, the encounter was a propaganda victory for the ...
The Battle of Buwayb was a significant Muslim victory in Iraq during t...
The Battle of Ajnadayn was the first major Muslim engagement against a...
The Battle of Heliopolis was the decisive engagement that broke Byzant...
The Battle of Manzikert was one of the most decisive battles of mediev...
The Battle of Montgisard was one of the most famous defeats in Saladin...
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, known in Arabic as Ma'rakat al-'Iqa...
... Syria. The engagement near Ain Tab was part of a series of battles in which Baybars methodically dismantled Mongol control of...
The Battle of Plocnik was a significant Serbian victory over an Ottoma...
The Battle of Mohács was one of the most decisive Ottoman victories in...
The Battle of Lepanto was the largest naval engagement of the 16th cen...
The First Battle of Panipat established the Mughal Empire in the Indian subc...
The First Battle of Tarain was a significant defeat for Muhammad of Ghor in ...
The Battle of Dhat al-Salasil (Battle of the Chains) was the opening e...
The Battle of Walaja was fought in 12 AH / 633 CE as part of Khalid ib...
The Battle of Ullais was fought in 12 AH during Khalid ibn al-Walid's ...
The Battle of the Bridge was one of the few Muslim military defeats du...
The Battle of Marj al-Saffar was fought in 13 AH / 634 CE near Damascu...
The Battle of Fahl (ancient Pella) was fought in the Jordan Valley in ...
The Battle of Jalula was fought in 16 AH / 637 CE, shortly after the d...
... capital of the Sassanid Persian Empire. After the decisive Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas advanced toward the P...
The Battle of Bab al-Abwab (Gate of Gates, modern Derbent) in 22 AH / ...
The Battle of the Masts (Dhat al-Sawari, 'Battle of the Masts') in 34 ...
The decisive battle between the Muslim army under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and the S...
...ate was marked by the first civil war (fitna) in Islam. The Battle of the Camel, Battle of Siffin, and the emergence of the Kh...
A major battle between the forces of Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah...
After the Battle of Siffin, a group broke away from Ali's army, rejecting th...
...00 soldiers and defeated the Visigothic King Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete. Within seven years, most of the Iberian Penin...
...forces of Abd ar-Rahman al-Ghafiqi near Tours, France. This battle marked the furthest extent of Muslim military advance into ...
...ang Dynasty forces at the Talas River in Central Asia. This battle halted Chinese expansion westward and secured Central Asia ...
...n defeated the Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes at the Battle of Manzikert. This decisive victory opened Anatolia to Turk...
After his decisive victory at the Battle of Hattin, Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi recaptured Jerusalem from...
Salahuddin al-Ayyubi decisively defeated the Crusader armies at the Horns of Hattin near Lake Tiberias. The Muslim victory destroyed the main Crusader fighting
The Mamluk army under Sultan Qutuz and General Baybars defeated the Mongol army at Ain Jalut in Palestine. This was the first decisive Mongol defeat and saved E
The Ottoman victory at the Battle of Kosovo established Muslim rule in the Balkans. Over the ...
The Ottoman Sultan Selim I defeated the Safavid Shah Ismail I, establishing the Ottoman-Safavid border and deepening the Sunni-Shia political divide.
Sultan Selim I defeated the Mamluk Sultanate at Marj Dabiq near Aleppo. This victory led to Ottoman control of Syria, Egypt, and the holy cities of Mecca and Me
...Patras. While the Ottomans quickly rebuilt their fleet, the battle marked the beginning of the decline of Ottoman naval domina...
The Ottoman siege of Vienna was broken, marking the beginning of Ottoman territorial retreat in Europe.