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'''Sanat al-wufūd''' (Arabic:{{ia| سنة الوفود}}) or ''''Ām al-wufūd''' (Arabic:{{ia| عام الوفود}}), or the '''Year of Delegates''' is the [[9]]th year after [[Hijra]]/(630). This is called so because after the [[conquest 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)]].

Both words "sane" (Arabic:{{ia|سنة}}) and "'Am"  (Arabic:{{ia|عام}}) mean 'year', and "Wafd" (Arabic:{{ia| وفد}}), the plural form of which is "wufud", means a delegate that goes to a ruler or a governor for an important matter.

Before and after the [[9|9th year of Hijra]]/630, 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 9/630, which is the reason why it was called the Year of Delegates.

After the [[conquest 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 ''[[I'lam al-wara]]'', [[al-Tabrisi]] 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 [[Qur'an|Qur'anic]] [[verse]] in which God has predicted the conquest of Mecca and the conversion of groups of people to Islam:

Before the [[9|9th year of Hijra]]/630, some delegates went to the Prophet (s) as well. In his ''[[Tarikh al-Ya'qubi|Tarikh]]'' (History), [[Ahmad b. Abi Ya'qub|al-Ya'qubi]] mentions 26 tribes whose heads went to Medina with delegates.

The book, ''[[Tarikh-i payambar-i Islam]]'' (The history of the Prophet of Islam (s)) by [[Muhammad Ibrahim Ayati]] has a detailed account of these delegates.

* Six [[Sariyya]]s  occurred in this year: "the sariyya of 'Uyayna b. Hisn al-Fazari," "the sariyya of Dahhak b. Sufyan al-Kilabi]]," the sariyya in which [[Thumama]] was captured, "the sariyya of 'Alqama b. Mujazzaz al-Mudliji, "the sariyya of [[Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]], and "the sariyya of 'Ukkasha b. Mihsan."

* The [[Battle of Tabuk]]

* [[The Prophet (s)]] appointed Ali b. Abi Talib (a) as his successor in [[Hadith al-Manzila]].

* The Event of [[Ashab al-'Aqaba]]

* The building of [[Masjid al-Dirar]] and the [[revelation]] of some Quranic verses in this regard.