Third Raid on Banu Thalabah

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Third Raid on Banu Thalabah
DateOctober 627AD, 6th month 6AH
Location
Result Successful raid, 20 camels captured [1]
Commanders and leaders
Zayd ibn Harithah Unknown
Strength
15 Unknown

Third Raid on Banu Thalabah took place in September, 627AD, 6th month of 6AH of the Islamic calendar [2]

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In Jumada Ath-Thania, Zaid as the commander of 15 men raided Bani Tha‘labah and captured 20 of their camels but the tribe members had fled. He spent four days there and then returned to Medina. [1]

The First Raid on Banu Thalabah had taken place two months earlier. [1]

Islamic Primary sources

This event is mentioned in Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2 [3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman Al (2005), The Sealed Nectar, Darussalam Publications, p. 205, ISBN   9798694145923
  2. Hawarey, Mosab (2010). The Journey of Prophecy; Days of Peace and War (Arabic). Islamic Book Trust. ISBN   9789957051648.Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation available here
  3. Sa'd, Ibn (1967). Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir,By Ibn Sa'd,Volume 2. Pakistan Historical Society. p. 107. ASIN   B0007JAWMK. Sariyyah of Zayd ibn Haritha towards al-Taraf

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