Battles

Discover the great Islamic battles fought throughout history 🕌
Battle of Badr

1. Battle of Badr (2 AH)

Led by Prophet ﷺ – First major victory of Islam

Battle of Uhud

2. Battle of Uhud (3 AH)

Led by Prophet ﷺ – A test of patience and obedience

Battle of Khandaq

3. Battle of Khandaq / Trench (5 AH)

Led by Prophet ﷺ – Defensive trench strategy

Battle of Hunayn

4. Battle of Hunayn (8 AH)

Led by Prophet ﷺ – Victory after initial difficulty

Tabuk Expedition

5. Expedition to Tabuk (9 AH)

Led by Prophet ﷺ – show of strength; little fighting

Expedition of Hamzah

6. Expedition of Hamzah (early AH)

Early sariya commanded by Hamzah ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib

Expedition of Abdullah ibn Jahsh

7. Expedition of Abdullah ibn Jahsh (2 AH)

Caravan interception – precursor actions to Badr

Expedition of Zayd ibn Haritha

8. Expedition of Zayd ibn Haritha (various)

Marked early raids and reconnaissance

Battle of Mu'tah

9. Battle of Mu’tah (8 AH)

Muslim force vs Byzantines – leadership losses

Battle of Khaybar

10. Battle of Khaybar (7 AH)

Led by Prophet ﷺ – victory over Khaybar fortresses

Dhat al-Riqa

11. Dhat al-Riqa (7 AH)

Campaign against Banu Ghatafan

Expedition of Abu Ubaidah

12. Sariya of Abu Ubaidah

Various operations after Hijrah

Battle of Yarmouk

13. Battle of Yarmouk (636 CE)

Commanded by Khalid ibn al-Walid – major Byzantine defeat

Battle of Qadisiyyah

14. Battle of Qadisiyyah (636 CE)

Muslim victory over Sassanid Persia

Battle of Nahavand

15. Battle of Nahavand (642 CE)

Decisive defeat of Persian power

Siege of Constantinople (1453)

16. Conquest of Constantinople (1453 CE)

Sultan Mehmed II – end of Byzantine era

Battle of Hattin

17. Battle of Hattin (1187 CE)

Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn’s defeat of Crusaders

Battle of Karbala

18. Battle of Karbala (61 AH / 680 CE)

Martyrdom of Hussain ibn Ali — pivotal religious event

Ain Jalut

19. Battle of ‘Ayn Jalut (1260 CE)

Mamluks defeat the Mongols — turning point

Conquest of al-Andalus

20. Conquest of al-Andalus (711 CE)

By Tariq ibn Ziyad — start of Muslim Iberia

Battle of Tours (Poitiers)

21. Battle of Tours (732 CE)

Clashes on Iberian frontier (contextual)

Battle of Marj Rahit

22. Battle of Marj Rahit (684 CE)

Early Umayyad consolidation fight

Battle of the Zab

23. Battle of the Zab (750 CE)

Abbasid revolution vs Umayyads

Battle of Ain al-Tamr

24. Various Ridda & regional battles

Series of early consolidation campaigns

Battle of Banu Qurayza aftermath

25. Banu Qurayza incident (5 AH)

Siege and local verdict after Battle of the Trench

Expedition of Ukasha

26. Various small sariya expeditions

Numerous small raids across the region

Battle of Tabariyyah

27. Campaigns in northern Arabia

Multiple regional conflicts in early Islam

Battle of Yarmuk detailed

28. Raids and sieges in Levant

Context of early conquests and sieges

Battle of Jalula

29. Battle of Jalūlā (637 CE)

Follow-on to Qadisiyyah against Persians

Siege of Alexandria

30. Conquest of Egypt (640s CE)

Siege and surrender of Byzantine Egypt

Siege of Sevilla

31. Muslim expansion in Iberia (8th–10th c.)

Multiple key sieges and battles in al-Andalus

Battle of Roncesvalles

32. Conflicts on Iberian frontier

Long-term struggle with Christian kingdoms

Siege of Jerusalem

33. Capture/Sieges of Jerusalem

Multiple sieges — significant religious and political events

Battle of Manzikert

34. Battle of Manzikert (1071 CE)

Seljuk victory that reshaped Anatolia

Battle of Nicopolis

35. Later Ottoman expansion battles

Major medieval campaigns into Europe

Battle of the Camel

36. Battle of the Camel (36 AH)

Early Islamic civil conflict

Battle of Siffin

37. Battle of Siffin (37 AH)

Early internal struggle — arbitration & politics

Battle of Talas

38. Battle of Talas (751 CE)

Arab-Chinese clash; cultural & technological exchange

Battle of Bagdics

39. Multiple frontier battles in Central Asia

Important in expansion and defense

Reconquest battles

40. Later Crusades & Muslim responses

Series of major medieval battles

Mongol collisions

41. Mongol invasions & key battles (13th c.)

Devastating clashes across Islamic world

Tamerlane battles

42. Timur / Tamerlane campaigns (14th–15th c.)

Large-scale conquests and battles

Battle of Ankara

43. Battle of Ankara (1402 CE)

Tamerlane defeats Ottoman Bayezid I

Ottoman naval battles

44. Ottoman naval & Mediterranean battles

Key sea battles shaping empire

Battle of Lepanto (context)

45. Later sea battles with European powers

Naval confrontations in Mediterranean

Battle of Chaldiran

46. Battle of Chaldiran (1514 CE)

Ottoman-Safavid clash shaping region

Battle of Ridda campaigns

47. Ridda Wars (after Prophet ﷺ)

Consolidation of the Arabian Peninsula

Various sieges

48. Important sieges across centuries

Siege warfare shaped political outcomes

Regional battles 19th c.

49. 18th–19th century regional clashes

Local & colonial period conflicts

Key commemorative battles

50. Notable commemorations & memorial battles

Historic events remembered by communities

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