Rashidun forces of Medina

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The Rashidun forces of Medina were the early Muslim army under the leadership of the Prophet Muhammad and the nascent Rashidun Caliphate, central to the Islamic community’s military campaigns in 7th-century Arabia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military force ⓘ
activeInCentury 7th century ⓘ
allegiance Muhammad ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphs ⓘ
linked to: Rashidun Caliphate
basedIn Medina ⓘ
commander Muhammad ⓘ
commandStructure under direct leadership of Muhammad during his lifetime ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Medina ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Badr ⓘ
Battle of Hunayn ⓘ
Battle of Uhud ⓘ
Battle of the Trench ⓘ
Conquest of Mecca ⓘ
Ridda Wars ⓘ
early Muslim–Byzantine conflicts ⓘ
early Muslim–Sasanian conflicts ⓘ
followedBy Rashidun army ⓘ
garrison Medina ⓘ
geographicScope Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
ideology early Islam ⓘ
leader Muhammad ⓘ
militaryBranch cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
notableCommander Abu Bakr ⓘ
linked to: Caliph Abu Bakr

Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah ⓘ
Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Amr ibn al-As ⓘ
Khalid ibn al-Walid ⓘ
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ⓘ
Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ
notableFor central role in early Islamic conquests in Arabia ⓘ
operatedBy Muslim community of Medina ⓘ
partOf Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
precededBy early Muslim fighting groups in Mecca and Medina ⓘ
primaryLanguage Arabic ⓘ
recruitmentBasis Ansar ⓘ
Muhajirun ⓘ
linked to: Hijra

tribal levies ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousMotivation jihad as understood in early Islam ⓘ
role defense of the early Muslim community ⓘ
expansion of early Islamic rule in Arabia ⓘ
successor Rashidun armies operating from Basra ⓘ
Rashidun armies operating from Damascus ⓘ
Rashidun armies operating from Kufa ⓘ
timePeriod c. 622–mid-7th century ⓘ
typeOfWarfare tribal and mobile desert warfare ⓘ

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Battle of Uhud → belligerent → Rashidun forces of Medina ⓘ
Rashidun forces of Medina → followedBy → Rashidun army ⓘ
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Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan → militaryBranch → Rashidun army ⓘ
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Early Muslim conquests → participant → Rashidun army ⓘ
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Siege of Babylon Fortress → belligerentSide → Rashidun Caliphate forces ⓘ
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Battle of Nahavand → commander → Rashidun Caliphate commanders ⓘ
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Battle of Siffin → conflictSide → Rashidun Caliphate forces ⓘ
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Siege of Damascus (634) → involves → Rashidun army ⓘ
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Battle of Mu'tah → belligerent → Rashidun forces ⓘ
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Battle of Ajnadayn → combatant → Rashidun army ⓘ
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ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmir → militaryBranch → Rashidun army ⓘ
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Muʾtah → battleInvolvedParty → Muslim forces from Medina ⓘ
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Umayyad army → precededBy → Rashidun army ⓘ
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Battle of Ram Hormuz → combatant → Rashidun Arab forces ⓘ
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Battle of Ram Hormuz → opponent → Rashidun Arab forces ⓘ
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Musaylima → battleOpponent → Rashidun Caliphate forces ⓘ
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