early Muslim–Quraysh wars

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Islamic military campaign series of military conflicts

The early Muslim–Quraysh wars were a series of 7th-century conflicts between the nascent Muslim community in Medina and the Quraysh tribe of Mecca that shaped the early political and religious landscape of Islam.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Early Muslim–pagan Arab wars	1
Muhammad's military campaigns	1
early Muslim–Quraysh wars canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic military campaign ⓘ series of military conflicts ⓘ
belligerent	Muhammad ⓘ Quraysh ⓘ surface form: Quraysh leadership of Mecca Companions of the Prophet ⓘ surface form: companions of Muhammad
cause	Quraysh opposition to Muhammad’s message ⓘ economic conflict over trade routes ⓘ persecution of early Muslims in Mecca ⓘ tribal rivalry in the Hejaz ⓘ
conflictBetween	Muslim community of Medina ⓘ Quraysh ⓘ surface form: Quraysh tribe of Mecca
endTime	c. 630 CE ⓘ
geopoliticalImpact	unification of much of western Arabia under Islam ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Badr ⓘ Battle of Uhud ⓘ Battle of the Trench ⓘ expedition of Buwat ⓘ expedition of Nakhla ⓘ expedition of Safwan ⓘ expedition of al-Ushayra ⓘ minor raids on Quraysh caravans ⓘ
location	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Hejaz ⓘ around Mecca ⓘ around Medina ⓘ
militaryTactics	caravan raiding ⓘ defensive warfare around Medina ⓘ
opponentReligion	polytheism of Quraysh ⓘ
outcome	increased prestige of Muhammad in Arabia ⓘ shift of regional power from Mecca to Medina ⓘ
partOf	early Islamic expansion ⓘ
politicalContext	emergence of the Muslim polity in Medina ⓘ
primarySources	Hadith collections ⓘ Sira literature ⓘ
relatedEvent	Conquest of Mecca ⓘ Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Hijra to Medina Treaty of Hudaybiyyah ⓘ
religiousContext	early Islam ⓘ
religiousDimension	jihad in early Islamic understanding ⓘ
result	consolidation of Muslim community in Medina ⓘ paving the way for the conquest of Mecca ⓘ weakening of Quraysh military power ⓘ
significance	shaped early political landscape of Islam ⓘ shaped early religious landscape of Islam ⓘ
startTime	c. 623 CE ⓘ
timePeriod	7th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Uhud → partOf → early Muslim–Quraysh wars ⓘ

Siege of Banu Qurayza → partOf → early Muslim–Quraysh wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muhammad's military campaigns

Siege of Taif → conflictIn → early Muslim–Quraysh wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Muslim–pagan Arab wars