Rashidun forces of Medina

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The Rashidun forces of Medina were the early Muslim army under the leadership of the Prophet Muhammad and the nascent Rashidun Caliphate, central to the Islamic community’s military campaigns in 7th-century Arabia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military force
activeInCentury 7th century
allegiance Muhammad
Rashidun Caliphate
surface form: Rashidun Caliphs
basedIn Medina
commander Muhammad
commandStructure under direct leadership of Muhammad during his lifetime
countryOfOrigin Medina
engagedIn Battle of Badr
Battle of Hunayn
Battle of Uhud
Battle of the Trench
Conquest of Mecca
Ridda Wars
early Muslim–Byzantine conflicts
early Muslim–Sasanian conflicts
followedBy Rashidun forces of Medina self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rashidun army
garrison Medina
geographicScope Arabian Peninsula
ideology early Islam
leader Muhammad
militaryBranch cavalry
infantry
notableCommander Caliph Abu Bakr
surface form: Abu Bakr

Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Amr ibn al-As
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas
surface form: Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas

Umar ibn al-Khattab
notableFor central role in early Islamic conquests in Arabia
operatedBy Muslim community of Medina
partOf Rashidun Caliphate
precededBy early Muslim fighting groups in Mecca and Medina
primaryLanguage Arabic
recruitmentBasis Ansar
Hijra
surface form: Muhajirun

tribal levies
religion Islam
religiousMotivation jihad as understood in early Islam
role defense of the early Muslim community
expansion of early Islamic rule in Arabia
successor Rashidun armies operating from Basra
Rashidun armies operating from Damascus
Rashidun armies operating from Kufa
timePeriod c. 622–mid-7th century
typeOfWarfare tribal and mobile desert warfare

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Battle of Uhud belligerent Rashidun forces of Medina
Rashidun forces of Medina followedBy Rashidun forces of Medina self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rashidun army
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan militaryBranch Rashidun forces of Medina
this entity surface form: Rashidun army
Early Muslim conquests participant Rashidun forces of Medina
this entity surface form: Rashidun army
Siege of Babylon Fortress belligerentSide Rashidun forces of Medina
this entity surface form: Rashidun Caliphate forces
Battle of Nahavand commander Rashidun forces of Medina
this entity surface form: Rashidun Caliphate commanders
Battle of Siffin conflictSide Rashidun forces of Medina
this entity surface form: Rashidun Caliphate forces
Siege of Damascus (634) involves Rashidun forces of Medina
this entity surface form: Rashidun army
Battle of Mu'tah belligerent Rashidun forces of Medina
this entity surface form: Rashidun forces
Battle of Ajnadayn combatant Rashidun forces of Medina
this entity surface form: Rashidun army