92 results for “military”
... entity with a territorial base, a governing compact, and a military capacity.
...ophet ﷺ to govern a complex multi-communal city without the military capacity that later Islamic governance would develop. It wo...
...h of Ramadan, 2 AH (March 624 CE) — is the most significant military engagement in early Islamic history. The Quran names it Yaw...
...he withdrawing Qurayshi army. The purpose was not primarily military but psychological: to demonstrate that Uhud had not broken ...
...a message giving the tribe ten days to leave Medina or face military action. Initially Banu al-Nadir began preparing to depart....
...e density of significant events it contains — a pre-emptive military victory, a near-fracture of the Muhajirun-Ansar unity, a ma...
... Trench (al-Khandaq) in Shawwal 5 AH was the most dangerous military challenge of the Medinan period — a coalition of approximat...
...lay in what it created: two years of security from Qurayshi military interference, during which Islam spread through Arabia at a...
...mpion Marhab in single combat and the fort fell. After the military victory, the Prophet ﷺ arranged a sharecropping settlement ...
...rmation. Seventy companions died. He was the most dangerous military mind the Muslim community had faced. In Safar 8 AH — barel...
...a al-Ula 8 AH at the Syrian frontier — was the first direct military confrontation between the Muslim community and Byzantine-al...
...e situation irrevocably. The Prophet ﷺ ordered the largest military campaign of his life — 10,000 fighters — and imposed a comm...
...a al-Usra (the Expedition of Hardship) — was the last major military campaign of the Prophet's ﷺ life and the largest force he e...
...f Mecca and the Battle of Hunayn had removed the last major military obstacles to Muslim political authority in Arabia, the calc...
...d in a religion without prayer' — refused. Zakat — refused. Military campaigns — refused. Each concession they sought went to a ...
... if they were weak.' The completion of the Prophet's ﷺ last military order — despite the internal crisis — was Abu Bakr's first ...
...the Battle of the Trench (Ghazwat al-Khandaq) in 5 AH. This military strategy, drawn from Persian military tradition, proved dec...
...asra transformed the character of the Iraqi conquest from a military campaign into a permanent settlement.
...Kufa in the north, Basra was designed as a base for ongoing military operations and a centre for Islamic governance. It grew int...
...son Hasan ibn Ali briefly assumed the caliphate. Facing the military might of Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan — who had ruled Syria as g...
...is battle had lasting consequences far beyond its immediate military outcome. The deep animosity it generated between the Qays a...
...overhauled to ensure more consistent revenue collection and military mobilization. Abd al-Malik also standardized weights and me...
...stantinople (717–718 CE) was the largest and most sustained military effort to take the Byzantine capital, launched by Caliph Su...
...erian Peninsula in 92 AH stands as one of the most dramatic military campaigns in medieval history, transforming the western Med...
...he previous king Wittiza — assembled the bulk of Visigothic military strength to confront the invaders. The battle lasted for se...
...uled against Umayyad interests. He also attempted to reduce military adventurism: the massive and costly siege of Constantinople...
... some of his predecessors, and committed to maintaining the military and fiscal machinery of the state. Under his rule, Arab arm...
...ecades. For the Umayyad state, preoccupied with the massive military setbacks at Constantinople and in Central Asia, the battle ...
...f obscure origin who proved to be one of the most effective military organizers of his era. He raised the black banners of revol...
...Zab tributary of the Tigris in northern Iraq, was the final military confrontation between the Umayyad Caliphate and the Abbasid...
...nsolidated control over al-Andalus through a combination of military campaigns and adept political management, defeating a serie...
...nors of Khurasan pursued contradictory policies: aggressive military expansion into Transoxiana (the lands beyond the Oxus River...
...ity was more complex, including internal court politics and military campaigns. The Barmakid family of Persian advisors wielded ...
...lave soldiers (ghulam) as the backbone of his army, Turkish military commanders gradually accumulated enormous power within the ...
In 334 AH, the Buyid dynasty — a Shia Persian military confederation from the Daylam region — entered Baghdad and ...
...of East and West,' inaugurating the Seljuk Sultanate as the military protector of the caliphate. The Seljuks were committed Sunn...
... the Muslim state in Medina, demonstrated that the Qurayshi military machine was not invincible, and provided the early Muslim c...
...his massive alliance marked the high-water mark of Qurayshi military power and effectively ended the existential threat to the M...
...ul empire of the age and established Khalid's extraordinary military gifts.
The Expedition of Tabuk was the largest military mobilisation during the Prophet's ﷺ lifetime, involving app...
The Battle of Yarmouk was one of the most decisive military engagements in medieval history, ending Byzantine control o...
The Battle of Talas was a rare direct military clash between the expanding Islamic world and the Tang Chin...
...rab Muslims. The last Umayyad caliph, Marwan II — a capable military commander — gathered his forces for a final stand at the Gr...
The Battle of Hattin was one of the most consequential military engagements of the medieval period, setting the stage for S...
The Battle of La Forbie was one of the worst military disasters suffered by the Crusader states, comparable in sc...
...an Shah — an act that unleashed one of the most devastating military campaigns in history. City after city was razed: Samarkand,...
...ar was also captured and executed. The battle broke Serbian military power and established Ottoman suzerainty over Serbia. It be...
...emonstrate that the setback at Uhud had not crippled Muslim military capacity and to deter any Qurayshi decision to return and a...
... northern Syria. Baybars proved to be an exceptionally able military administrator as well as a field commander, rebuilding fort...
...f Rhodes in 1522 was Suleiman the Magnificent's first major military campaign after becoming sultan, and it ended the Knights Ho...
The Battle of the Bridge was one of the few Muslim military defeats during the early conquests, fought in 13 AH / 634 C...
... and defeated them. This battle effectively ended Byzantine military resistance in northern Palestine and Transjordan. The victo...
...dern Derbent) in 22 AH / 643 CE was the northernmost Muslim military expedition of the Rashidun era, pushing into the Caucasus m...
...s, France. This battle marked the furthest extent of Muslim military advance into Western Europe, though its historical signific...
...ght the congregation to tears but initially produced little military response.
...m three months later. It remains one of the most celebrated military victories in Islamic history.
...ssful due to weather and supply issues, it demonstrated the military power of the Ottoman Empire at its peak and shaped European...
Napoleon's invasion demonstrated European military superiority and was a shock to the Muslim world. Though the...
...sser's nationalization of the Suez Canal and the subsequent military intervention demonstrated the decline of European colonial ...
...adan. The Egyptian crossing of the Suez Canal restored Arab military confidence.
The Myanmar military launched a campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority, d...
Conqueror of Egypt and a shrewd political and military leader.
... donating vast sums to support the Muslim community and its military campaigns.
Adopted son of the Prophet and the only companion mentioned by name in the Quran.
One of the ten promised Paradise, called by the Prophet 'the Trustworthy One of this Ummah.' Abu Ubaydah served as the supreme commander of the Muslim armies in
... Allah (Sword of Allah) by the Prophet, one of the greatest military commanders in history.
One of the ten promised Paradise and the son of the Prophet's aunt Safiyyah. Az-Zubayr was the first to draw his sword in defense of Islam and fought in every m
Son of Zayd ibn Harithah, the beloved of the Prophet, appointed commander of an army at age seventeen.
One of the three commanders at the Battle of Mutah, martyred in that battle.
Umayyad governor of North Africa (Ifriqiya) who oversaw the conquest of the Maghreb and launched the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula under his commande
Berber Muslim military commander who led the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Penin...
Kurdish Muslim sultan and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty who liberated Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 583 AH (1187 CE). Renowned in both Muslim and European so
...f Uthman dan Fodio, a major West African scholar, poet, and military commander of the Sokoto Caliphate.
...e was killed. His death effectively ended organized Persian military resistance and opened the way for the Muslim conquest of Pe...
...phet ﷺ appointed him as stand-in governor of Madinah during military expeditions.
One of the most brilliant military commanders of early Islamic history. He played a decisive r...
A senior companion who served as governor and military commander. Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed him to lead the de...
A companion and cousin of the Prophet ﷺ who led the first military expedition in Islam — the raid at Nakhla (2 AH) which captu...
Son of Caliph Abd al-Malik and one of the greatest Umayyad military commanders. He led the famous siege of Constantinople in 98...
... modern Uzbekistan and Tajikistan before he was killed in a military mutiny.
Umayyad governor of Khurasan and military commander who launched campaigns against the Khazars in the...
... the earliest extant comprehensive account of the Prophet's military expeditions.
... who recaptured Jerusalem in 1187 CE. Known equally for his military genius and his chivalry.
Ruler of Syria who united the Levant against the Crusaders and paved the way for Saladin.
Mamluk Sultan who decisively defeated the Mongols at Ain Jalut and expelled the remaining Crusaders from the Levant.
...ppointment, the duties of ministers, governors, judges, and military commanders, as well as taxation and public administration. ...
...abi. A comprehensive biography of Saladin, the great Muslim military leader who liberated Jerusalem in 1187 CE.