Battle of Hunayn
The Battle of Hunayn (Arabic: غَزْوَةٌ حُنَيْن, romanized: Ghazwatu Hunayn) was a conflict between the Muslims of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the tribe of Qays in the aftermath of the conquest of Mecca. The battle took place in 8 AH (c. 630) in the Hunayn valley on the route from Mecca to Taif. The battle ultimately ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, and it is one of the few battles mentioned by name in the Qur'an, where it appears in Surat at-Tawbah.
| Battle of Hunayn | |||||||
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Folio from the Tarikhnama by Muhammad Bal'ami with the Battle of Hunayn | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Muslims Quraysh |
Qays Thaqif Hawazin Nasr Jusham Sa'd bin Bakr Bani Hilal Bani 'Amr bin Amir Bani 'Awf bin Amir | ||||||
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Muhammad Ali (standard bearer) Umar Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib Khalid ibn al-Walid Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Abu Sufyan ibn Harb |
Malik ibn Awf Dorayd bin Al Soma Abu al-A'war | ||||||
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| 12,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
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| 4 killed |
70 killed from Hawazin 300 killed from Thaqif many killed from Sulaym 6,000 captured | ||||||
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24,000 camels 40,000 goats 160,000 dirhams in silver | |||||||
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