Conquest of Mecca

Conquest of Mecca
Part of the Muslim–Quraysh War

Muhammad entering the Kaaba and destroying the Arabian idols (Bazil's Hamla-i Haydari, 1808)
DateDecember 629 – January 630
Location
Mecca (present-day Saudi Arabia)
21°25′21″N 39°49′24″E / 21.42250°N 39.82333°E / 21.42250; 39.82333
Result
  • End of Muslim–Quraysh war
Territorial
changes
Muhammad's followers capture the city of Mecca
Belligerents
Muslims Quraysh
Commanders and leaders
Strength
10,000 Unknown
Casualties and losses
2[1] 13[2]
Mecca is located in Saudi Arabia
Mecca
Mecca
Location within present-day Saudi Arabia

The conquest of Mecca (Arabic: فَتْحُ مَكَّةَ Fatḥu Makkah, alternatively, "liberation of Mecca") was a military campaign undertaken by Muhammad and his companions during the Muslim–Quraysh War. They led the early Muslims in an advance on the Quraysh-controlled city of Mecca in December 629 or January 630[3][4] (10–20 Ramadan, 8 AH).[3] The fall of the city to Muhammad formally marked the end of the conflict between his followers and the Quraysh tribal confederation.

  1. ^ Akram, Agha Ibrahim (10 August 2007). Khalid Bin Al-Walid: Sword of Allah: A Biographical Study of One of the Greatest Military Generals in History. Maktabah Publications. p. 57. ISBN 978-0954866525.
  2. ^ Akram 2007, p. 61.
  3. ^ a b F.R. Shaikh, Chronology of Prophetic Events, Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd., London, 2001 pp. 3, 72, 134–136. Shaikh places the departure on Wednesday, 29 November. This is apparently calculated using the tabular Islamic calendar and then substituting Ramadan for Sha'ban in an (ineffective) attempt to allow for intercalation.
  4. ^ Gabriel, Richard A. (2014), Muhammad: Islam's First Great General, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 167, 176, ISBN 9780806182506

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