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The Year of the Elephant — Aam al-Fil, approximately 570 CE — takes its name from th...
...n a Monday in the month of Rabi al-Awwal in the Year of the Elephant — approximately 570 CE. The precise date has been debated s...
...ing payment and gifts from the families. In the Year of the Elephant, a drought had afflicted the region, and the women of the B...
...ah, discoverer of Zamzam, the man who stood before Abraha's elephant army and said simply, "The House has a Lord who will protec...
...ammad ﷺ was born in Mecca around 570 CE, in the Year of the Elephant, into the noble clan of the Banu Hashim of the Quraysh. His...
... tactical advice of his officers. The Persians deployed war elephants that terrified the Muslim horses. Abu Ubayd himself was ki...
...he Sasanid commander Rustam Farrokhzad led a force with war elephants across the Euphrates. The battle lasted three days and nig...
...t the main Sasanid army of similar size, which included war elephants and was commanded by the capable general Rustam Farrukhzad...
...d at a disadvantage by the Persian defensive formations and elephant corps. Nu'man ibn Muqarrin was martyred in the fighting but...
...sing the Euphrates against Sasanid forces equipped with war elephants. Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha, the Arab tribal commander who ha...
...0 faced Ibrahim Lodi's army of around 100,000 including war elephants. Babur's masterstroke was deploying firearms — matchlock m...
...and Delhi. Prithviraj assembled a large force including war elephants and cavalry. In the battle, Muhammad of Ghor was personall...
..., ceding the strategic advantage. The Persians deployed war elephants which terrified the Muslim cavalry horses. Abu Ubayd himse...