Expedition of Dumat al-Jandal
The Expedition of Dumat al-Jandal is an early Muslim expedition which took place in August or September of 626 AD.
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Belligerents | |||||||
Muslims | Tribes of Dumat al-Jandal | ||||||
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Muhammad | |||||||
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1,000 fighters | Unknown |
According to Indian biographer of Muhammad, Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Dumat al-Jandal is located at about a distance of fifteen days' march from Medina and five from Damascus. According to historian William Montgomery Watt, it is 500 miles from Medina.
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