Battle of the Trench

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battle military conflict siege

The Battle of the Trench was a pivotal 627 CE conflict near Medina in which early Muslims, under Muhammad’s leadership, successfully defended the city against a large Meccan coalition by using an innovative trench fortification.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Battle of the Ditch 1
Ghazwat al‑Khandaq 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
belligerent Quraysh ⓘ
surface form: Meccan Quraysh and allies

Muslims ⓘ
surface form: Medinan Muslims
commander Abu Sufyan ibn Harb ⓘ
Amr ibn Abd Wudd ⓘ
Khalid ibn al-Walid ⓘ
surface form: Khalid ibn al‑Walid

Muhammad ⓘ
date 5 AH ⓘ
627 ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Banu Qurayza ⓘ
hasAlias Al‑Khandaq ⓘ
Battle of the Trench self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Ditch

American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Confederate War

Ghazwat al‑Ahzab ⓘ
Battle of the Trench self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ghazwat al‑Khandaq
hasOutcome strengthening of Muhammad’s political position in Medina ⓘ
weakening of Meccan Quraysh influence ⓘ
hasParticipant Banu Ghatafan ⓘ
Jebusites ⓘ
surface form: Banu Qurayza

Jewish tribes allied with Mecca ⓘ
Quraysh ⓘ
surface form: Meccan Quraysh

Meccan coalition ⓘ
Muhammad ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
surface form: Muslims of Medina
inspiredBy Salman al‑Farsi’s suggestion ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
near Medina ⓘ
mentionedIn Islamic tradition ⓘ
hadith literature ⓘ
sira literature ⓘ
partOf Muhammad’s military campaigns ⓘ
early Muslim–Meccan conflicts ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Uhud ⓘ
religiousContext early Islamic history ⓘ
result Muslim victory ⓘ
failure of Meccan siege ⓘ
withdrawal of Meccan coalition ⓘ
significance demonstrated effectiveness of trench warfare in Arabia ⓘ
secured Medina as Muslim stronghold ⓘ
turning point in Muslim–Meccan struggle ⓘ
strategy avoid open field battle ⓘ
force enemy into siege conditions ⓘ
usesTactic defensive warfare ⓘ
trench fortification ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Surah al-Ahzab → addressesEvent → Battle of the Trench ⓘ
Battle of Uhud → followedBy → Battle of the Trench ⓘ
Quraysh → foughtIn → Battle of the Trench ⓘ
Battle of the Trench → hasAlias → Battle of the Trench self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Ditch
Battle of the Trench → hasAlias → Battle of the Trench self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghazwat al‑Khandaq
Muhammad → ledBattle → Battle of the Trench ⓘ