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History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Buzakha

The Battle of Buzakha was the first decisive engagement of the Riddah Wars, fought against Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid of...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Yamama — Death of Musaylima

The Battle of Yamama was the bloodiest engagement of the Riddah Wars, fought against Musaylima al-Kadhdhab (t...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of al-Walaja

The Battle of al-Walaja was a significant engagement in southern Iraq where Khalid ibn al-Walid executed one of ...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah was the decisive engagement that broke Sasanid Persian power in Iraq and opened all of ...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Jalula

...ed through months of siege-like attrition before a decisive engagement scattered the Persian army. Jalula opened the road into the...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Heliopolis

The Battle of Heliopolis was the decisive engagement in the Muslim conquest of Egypt. Amr ibn al-As had led a Mu...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Siffin

...s in Syria over several months of skirmishing and one major engagement. Muawiyah, as governor of Syria, had refused to give allegi...

History · Umayyad Dynasty Battle of Guadalete — Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom

...in southern Iberia in July 711 CE (92 AH), was the decisive engagement that ended Visigothic rule over the Iberian Peninsula. Tari...

History · Abbasid Dynasty Al-Mamun and the Translation Movement

...eign illustrates both the heights and dangers of uncritical engagement with Greek philosophical methodology.

Battle · Prophetic Era Battle of Badr

The Battle of Badr was the first major armed engagement between the nascent Muslim community of Medina and the Qura...

Battle · Prophetic Era Battle of Mu'tah

The Battle of Mu'tah was the first major Muslim engagement against the Byzantine Empire, fought in what is today south...

Battle · Prophetic Era Expedition of Tabuk

The Expedition of Tabuk was the largest military mobilisation during the Prophet's ﷺ lifetime, involving approximately 30,000 soldiers who marched to the northe

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Buzakha

The Battle of Buzakha was one of the major engagements of the Ridda Wars — the campaigns waged by Abu Bakr al-Sid...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Yamama

The Battle of Yamama was the most costly and significant engagement of the Ridda Wars. Musaylima ibn Habib, mockingly called al...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Ullais

...sometimes called the 'River of Blood,' was one of the early engagements in the Muslim conquest of Iraq against the Sasanid Persian...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah

...he Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah was among the most consequential engagements in world history, effectively ending Sasanid Persian domin...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Yarmouk

The Battle of Yarmouk was one of the most decisive military engagements in medieval history, ending Byzantine control of the Levan...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Nahavand

...h al-Futuh' (Conquest of Conquests), was the decisive final engagement that broke the last organised Sasanid resistance in Persia....

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Conquest of Alexandria

...n 639 CE with a relatively small force, winning a series of engagements culminating in the Battle of Heliopolis in 640 CE. After c...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Siffin

The Battle of Siffin was the largest engagement of the First Fitna, fought between the forces of the Caliph...

Battle · Umayyad Dynasty Conquest of Sindh

...pproximately 6,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry. The decisive engagement was the Battle of Aror (Rohri) in 712 CE, where Raja Dahir ...

Battle · Umayyad Dynasty Conquest of Al-Andalus (Spain)

...ied in the battle. With Visigothic power broken in a single engagement, Tariq advanced rapidly through the peninsula. His superior...

Battle · Abbasid Dynasty Battle of the Great Zab

The Battle of the Great Zab was the decisive engagement that ended Umayyad rule and established the Abbasid Calipha...

Battle · Crusades Era Battle of Dorylaeum (First Crusade)

The Battle of Dorylaeum was an early engagement of the First Crusade in which Seljuk Sultan Kilij Arslan I ...

Battle · Crusades Era Battle of Hattin

...Battle of Hattin was one of the most consequential military engagements of the medieval period, setting the stage for Saladin's re...

Battle · Ottoman Empire Battle of Kosovo (1389)

The Battle of Kosovo was the pivotal engagement that established Ottoman dominance in the Balkans. Sultan M...

Battle · Ottoman Empire Battle of Marj Dabiq

The Battle of Marj Dabiq was a brief but momentous engagement that ended the Mamluk Sultanate's control of Syria, Palesti...

Battle · Prophetic Era Battle of Badr al-Maw'id (Second Badr)

The Second Badr expedition arose from Abu Sufyan's promise, made after Uhud, to return the following year to settle the conflict definitively at Badr. The Proph

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Ajnadayn

The Battle of Ajnadayn was the first major Muslim engagement against a large Byzantine army in Palestine and opened the ...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Heliopolis (Conquest of Egypt)

The Battle of Heliopolis was the decisive engagement that broke Byzantine power in Egypt and opened the way to A...

Battle · Mongol Invasions Battle of Ain Tab (Mongols vs Mamluks)

...tinued his campaign to push Mongol forces out of Syria. The engagement near Ain Tab was part of a series of battles in which Bayba...

Battle · Ottoman Empire Battle of Lepanto

The Battle of Lepanto was the largest naval engagement of the 16th century and the most significant Ottoman naval ...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Dhat al-Salasil (Chains)

...e of Dhat al-Salasil (Battle of the Chains) was the opening engagement of the Muslim conquest of Iraq in 12 AH / 633 CE, commanded...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Ullais

...quent execution of prisoners made this one of the bloodiest engagements of the Iraq conquest. The battle effectively broke the bac...