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==The Date of the Battle of Khaybar== | ==The Date of the Battle of Khaybar== | ||
The Prophet (s) departed for the Battle of Khaybar in the early [[Muharram]] of [[7]]/May 628 and conquered the area in the [[Safar]]/June, and returned to Medina on [[Rabi' I 1]], 7/[[July 12]], 628. | The Prophet (s) departed for the Battle of Khaybar in the early [[Muharram]] of [[7]]/May 628 and conquered the area in the [[Safar]]/June, and returned to Medina on [[Rabi' I 1]], 7/[[July 12]], 628.<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 3, p. 342, 355; Ibn Ḥabīb, ''Kitāb al-muḥabbar'', p. 115.</ref> | ||
==The Prophet's (s) Successor in Medina== | ==The Prophet's (s) Successor in Medina== | ||
The Prophet (s) appointed Siba' b. 'Urfuta al-Ghifari or [[Abu Dhar al-Ghifari]] as his successor in Medina, and gave the flag of the battle to [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]], appointing him as the commander of the front army. | The Prophet (s) appointed Siba' b. 'Urfuta al-Ghifari or [[Abu Dhar al-Ghifari]] as his successor in Medina,<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 3, p. 342; Ibn Ḥabīb, ''Kitāb al-muḥabbar'', p. 127; Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 636-637.</ref> and gave the flag of the battle to [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]],<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 649; Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 3, p. 342; Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 2, p. 106; ʿĀmilī, ''al-Ṣaḥīḥ min sīrat al-nabīyy al-aʿẓam'', vol. 17, p. 153-154.</ref> appointing him as the commander of the front army.<ref>Ibn al-Athīr, ''Usd al-ghāba'', vol. 3, p. 45.</ref> | ||
==Number of Muslim Soldiers== | ==Number of Muslim Soldiers== | ||
On some accounts, the number of Muslims in the Battle of Khaybar was 1400 people, and on others, it was equal to the number of soldiers in the [[Battle of Hudaybiyya]], that is 1500 or 1540. In the Battle of Khaybar, 20 women accompanied the army of the Prophet (s), including [[Umm Salama]], the Prophet's (s) wife. Some women from [[Banu Ghifar]] attended the battle with the permission of the Prophet (s) in order to take care of injured soldiers and help Muslims. Tens of Jews in Medina as well as some slaves also attended the battle. | On some accounts, the number of Muslims in the Battle of Khaybar was 1400 people,<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 689.</ref> and on others, it was equal to the number of soldiers in the [[Battle of Hudaybiyya]], that is 1500<ref>Ibn Zanjuwayh, ''Kitāb al-amwāl'', vol. 1, p. 190.</ref> or 1540.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 28.</ref> In the Battle of Khaybar, 20 women accompanied the army of the Prophet (s), including [[Umm Salama]], the Prophet's (s) wife. Some women from [[Banu Ghifar]] attended the battle with the permission of the Prophet (s) in order to take care of injured soldiers and help Muslims.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 685-687; Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 3, p. 357.</ref> Tens of Jews in Medina as well as some slaves also attended the battle.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 684-685.</ref> | ||
==Number of People in Khaybar== | ==Number of People in Khaybar== | ||
People of Khaybar, whose number was, on some apparently exaggerated accounts, 10,000 or 20,000, never thought that the Prophet (s) would go to war with them. Relying on their firm forts that were located on top of mountains and their weaponry and large population and permanent water, they thought that they could resist for years. Some Jews in Medina warned Muslims that they could not defeat people of Khaybar and their strong forts. They sent someone to Kinana b. Abi l-Huqayq in Khaybar to tell him that the number of Muslims was small and they did not have much weaponry at their disposal. Quraysh polytheists hoped that if a war occurred, People of Khaybar would defeat the Prophet (s) and his army, and they made bets on that. | People of Khaybar, whose number was, on some apparently exaggerated accounts, 10,000<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 634-640.</ref> or 20,000,<ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 56.</ref> never thought that the Prophet (s) would go to war with them. Relying on their firm forts that were located on top of mountains and their weaponry and large population and permanent water, they thought that they could resist for years. Some Jews in Medina warned Muslims that they could not defeat people of Khaybar and their strong forts. They sent someone to Kinana b. Abi l-Huqayq in Khaybar to tell him that the number of Muslims was small and they did not have much weaponry at their disposal. Quraysh polytheists hoped that if a war occurred, People of Khaybar would defeat the Prophet (s) and his army, and they made bets on that.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 2, p. 634, 637, 640-641, 701-703.</ref> | ||
==Report of the Battle== | ==Report of the Battle== | ||
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==Poems about the Conquest of Khaybar== | ==Poems about the Conquest of Khaybar== | ||
After the conquest of Khaybar, some poems, including [[Hassan b. Thabit]], composed poems with regard to it.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', p. 70.</ref> | After the conquest of Khaybar, some poems, including [[Hassan b. Thabit]], composed poems with regard to it.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', p. 70.</ref> | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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* [[Battle of Banu Nadir]] | * [[Battle of Banu Nadir]] | ||
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