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'''Sanat al-wufūd''' (Arabic: سنة الوفود) or ''''Ām al-wufūd''' (Arabic: عام الوفود), or the "Year of Delegates" is the 9th year after [[Hijrat]] (630). This is called so because after the [[Opening of Mecca]] (fath al-Makka), many delegates from different Arabian tribes went to [[the Prophet (s)]], and expressed their commitment to Islam, and were kindly received by the Prophet (s).

Before and after the 9th year of Hijra, delegates from different Arabian tribes went to the Prophet (s) to express their conversion to Islam, but it seems that most of these delegates went to the Prophet (s) in the 9th year after Hijra, which is the reason why it was called the Year of Delegates.

After the opening of Mecca, many groups of people from different Arabian tribes went to [[Medina]] in order to visit [[the Prophet (s)]] and convert to Islam. They were kindly received by the Prophet (s). This led to a unification of the [[Arabian Peninsula]], turning all the conflicts and quarrels into peace. In his [[A'lam al-wara]], [[Tabarsi]] writes: "when the [[Thaqif]] tribe (people of [[Ta'if]]) converted to Islam, the other tribes sent groups of delegates to [[Medina]] and converted to Islam, as God had said in advance". This refers to the Quranic verse in which God has predicted the Opening of Mecca and the conversion of groups of people to Islam:

Before the 9th year of Hijra, some delegates went to the Prophet (s) as well. In his Tarikh (History), [[Ya'qubi]] mentions 26 tribes whose heads went to Medina with delegates.

* The delegate from the [[Assad]] tribe

* The delegate from the [[Fazara]] tribe

* The delegate of [[Hilal b. Amir]]

* The delegate of [[Banu Kinana]]

* The delegate of [[Tajib]]

* The material for writing this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/view/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AF سنة الوفود] in Farsi WikiShia.