Prophet's era · 630
Tabuk Expedition
About 30,000 men marched north in the summer heat. The Byzantine army never appeared, and the tribes of the borderlands made treaties with Madinah.
Key facts
- When
- 630
- Where
- Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
- Sides
- Muslims vs Byzantium (no battle)
- Commanders
- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
- Result
- No battle; border tribes made treaties
- Type
- Prophet's era
- Chapter
- 1. The Rightly Guided Caliphs
The wider picture: The Prophet's state in Madinah
In the ten years after the Hijrah, Madinah grew from one town into a state that held most of Arabia. When the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) died in June 632, the two great powers next door, Byzantium and Sasanian Persia, were worn out after decades of war with each other.
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