Battle of Khaybar
Islamic history
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‘Alī
- In ʿAlī: ʿAlī and Islam to the death of Muhammad
In the Battle of Khaybar in 629, against a group of Medinese Jews who, having reached agreement with the Muslims and then broken their word, had barricaded themselves in a fort, ʿAlī is said, according to a very popular legend, to have torn off the door of…
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Muhammad
- In Muhammad: Biography according to the Islamic tradition
…against the Jewish oasis of Khaybar, north of Medina. After a siege, it submits, but the Jews are allowed to remain on condition of sending half of their date harvest to Medina. The following year, Muhammad and his followers perform the pilgrimage as stipulated by the treaty of Al-Ḥudaybiyyah. Subsequently,…
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