Al‑Khandaq

E148656

battle early Islamic battle military engagement siege

Al‑Khandaq is the Arabic name for the historic Battle of the Trench, a pivotal early Islamic military engagement near Medina in 627 CE.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Al‑Khandaq canonical	1
al-Khandaq	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ early Islamic battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ
associatedWithTribe	Ansar ⓘ surface form: Ansar of Medina Hijra ⓘ surface form: Muhajirun
belligerent	Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza (later phase, locally) ⓘ Muslim community in Medina ⓘ surface form: Muslim community of Medina Quraysh ⓘ surface form: Quraysh of Mecca confederate pagan Arab tribes ⓘ
coalitionName	Ghazwat al‑Ahzab ⓘ surface form: al-Ahzab (the Confederates)
commander	Muhammad ⓘ
conflictIn	Muhammad’s military campaigns ⓘ
consequence	end of large-scale Meccan attempts to destroy Medina ⓘ shift of strategic initiative to Muslims ⓘ
date	627 CE ⓘ
dateHijri	5 AH ⓘ
divineAssistanceBelief	God sent wind and fear against the Confederates ⓘ
followedBy	events leading to the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Battle of the Trench ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Ditch Battle of the Trench ⓘ Ghazwat al‑Ahzab ⓘ surface form: Ghazwat al-Ahzab Ghazwat al‑Ahzab ⓘ surface form: Ghazwat al-Khandaq
hasArabicName	غزوة الخندق ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Prophetic era in Islam ⓘ
inspiredBy	Salman al-Farisi’s suggestion ⓘ
mentionedIn	Islamic sira literature ⓘ hadith collections ⓘ
militaryInnovation	use of trench warfare in Arabia ⓘ
namedAfter	defensive trench dug around Medina ⓘ
notableParticipant	Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Salman al-Farisi ⓘ Sa‘d ibn Mu‘adh ⓘ
opposingCommander	Abu Sufyan ibn Harb ⓘ Amr ibn Abd Wudd ⓘ Khalid ibn al-Walid ⓘ
partOf	early Muslim–Meccan conflicts ⓘ
precedes	Treaty of Hudaybiyyah ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Badr ⓘ Battle of Uhud ⓘ
religiousSignificance	pivotal event in early Islamic history ⓘ
result	decisive defensive victory for Muslims ⓘ failure of Meccan siege of Medina ⓘ
strategyType	defensive warfare ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Hejaz ⓘ
tookPlaceNear	Medina ⓘ
typeOfSiege	coalition siege ⓘ
weatherCondition	strong winds and cold ⓘ

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Subject: Al‑Khandaq
Description of subject: Al‑Khandaq is the Arabic name for the historic Battle of the Trench, a pivotal early Islamic military engagement near Medina in 627 CE.

Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of the Trench → hasAlias → Al‑Khandaq ⓘ

Battle of Khandaq → hasAlias → Al‑Khandaq ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Khandaq