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==Location of Khaybar== | ==Location of Khaybar== | ||
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Today the area of Khaybar is located 165 kilometers north of [[Medina]] in the road leading to Syria (Tabuk Road), and its center is the city of al-Shurayf. The area includes a number of villages and green farms located in Khaybar oasis in a stone area of a height of about 854 meters above the sea level. Khaybar includes large valleys and water, agriculture, and a large population. Its main agricultural product is date, for which it has long been known. | Today the area of Khaybar is located 165 kilometers north of [[Medina]] in the road leading to Syria (Tabuk Road), and its center is the city of al-Shurayf. The area includes a number of villages and green farms located in Khaybar oasis in a stone area of a height of about 854 meters above the sea level. Khaybar includes large valleys and water, agriculture, and a large population. Its main agricultural product is date, for which it has long been known.<ref>Bilādī, ''Muʿjam al-maʿālim'', p. 170-171; Ḥāfiz Wahba, ''Jazīrat al-ʿarab fī al-qarn al-ʿishrīn'', p. 21; Ḥarbī, ''Kitāb al-manāsik'', p. 413.</ref> | ||
{{Timeline of Imam 'Ali's (a) life}} | {{Timeline of Imam 'Ali's (a) life}} | ||
==Backgrounds of the Battle== | ==Backgrounds of the Battle== | ||
In [[4]]/625 after the [[Prophet (s)]] expelled the [[Banu Nadir]] Jews from Medina because of their betrayals, some of them took refuge to Khaybar. One year later they went to [[Mecca]] and incited the [[Quraysh]] against the Prophet (s).<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 441-442; Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 3, p. 201, 225; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 409; Ṣalāḥ Tajānī, ''al-Tartībāt al-māliya'', p. 56-57, 92.</ref> Thus Khaybar turned into a center of conspiracy against the nascent Islamic [[Umma]].<ref>Ṣalāḥ Tajānī, ''al-Tartībāt al-māliya'', p. 93-94; Montgomery Watt, ''Muhammad at Madina'', p. 212.</ref> | In [[4]]/625 after the [[Prophet (s)]] expelled the [[Banu Nadir]] Jews from Medina because of their betrayals, some of them took refuge to Khaybar. One year later they went to [[Mecca]] and incited the [[Quraysh]] against the Prophet (s).<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 441-442; Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 3, p. 201, 225; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 409; Ṣalāḥ Tajānī, ''al-Tartībāt al-māliya'', p. 56-57, 92.</ref> Thus Khaybar turned into a center of conspiracy against the nascent Islamic [[Umma]].<ref>Ṣalāḥ Tajānī, ''al-Tartībāt al-māliya'', p. 93-94; Montgomery Watt, ''Muhammad at Madina'', p. 212.</ref> | ||