14 results for “retreat”
Clear filter...character. At the age of forty, while engaged in spiritual retreat in the Cave of Hira, the first revelation descended: "Read ...
...het Muhammad ﷺ himself, before the revelation, was known to retreat to the Cave of Hira in contemplation — already in a state o...
...halid employed a flanking strategy that cut off the enemy's retreat, resulting in a decisive Muslim victory. The battle opened ...
...string an elephant. The Muslim rearguard managed an orderly retreat across the bridge, but the defeat temporarily halted the Ir...
... Persian force across the Euphrates, then cut their line of retreat by destroying the bridge behind them. The resulting encircl...
...e Muslim cavalry outmanoeuvred the enemy, cutting off their retreat. The victory opened the lower Euphrates region to Muslim co...
...break the Frankish shield wall, and when a feint or genuine retreat began toward their camp to protect captured goods, much of ...
...army under the brilliant general Baybars employed a feigned retreat to draw out and then encircle the Mongol force under Kitbuq...
...rope and marked the beginning of the long Ottoman strategic retreat from Europe. Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha led a massive ...
... the Muslims: the Quraysh who had promised to come back had retreated without engaging. The Quran noted those believers who res...
...0 Turkoman cavalry employed classic steppe tactics: feigned retreat and encirclement. As the Byzantine mercenary wings deserted...
...ian practice of chaining their soldiers together to prevent retreat, demonstrating their determination to hold the line. The Pe...
...sive Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the fall of Ctesiphon. The retreating Persian forces regrouped at Jalula (meaning 'the dyed/co...
...na was broken, marking the beginning of Ottoman territorial retreat in Europe.