raids

106 events

  1. c. March 623 CE · Ramadan 1 AH · Sariya

    Expedition of Sayf al-Bahr

    Commanders: Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)

    Place: al-Is

  2. c. May 623 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 1 AH · Sariya

    Expedition of al-Kharrar

    Commanders: Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas

    Place: al-Kharrar

  3. c. January 624 CE · Rajab 2 AH · Sariya

    Expedition of Nakhla

    Commanders: Abdullah ibn Jahsh

  4. c. November 624 CE · Jumada II 3 AH · Sariya

    Expedition of al-Qarada

    Commanders: Zayd ibn Haritha · Safwan ibn Umayya

  5. 24 March 625 CE · 8 Shawwal 3 AH · Ghazwa

    Expedition to Hamra al-Asad

    Commanders: Muhammad · Abu Sufyan ibn Harb

    Place: Hamra al-Asad

    Part of: The Battle of Uhud

  6. c. 625 CE · c. 4 AH · Ghazwa

    Abdullah ibn Unays's mission to kill Khalid ibn Sufyan ibn Nubayh al-Hudhali

    Commanders: Abdullah ibn Unays · Khalid ibn Sufyan ibn Nubayh al-Hudhali

    Place: Nakhla al-Yamaniya

  7. c. 626 CE · c. 4 AH · Ghazwa

    The dispatch of Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri to kill Abu Sufyan, and what he did on the way

    Commanders: Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri · Jabbar ibn Sakhr al-Ansari

    Place: Mecca

  8. c. April 627 CE · c. Dhu al-Qa'da 5 AH† · Sariya

    Sariyya of Abdullah ibn Unays against Sufyan ibn Khalid

    Commanders: Abdullah ibn Unays

  9. c. May 627 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 5 AH · Sariya

    The Mission of Abu Rafi' (Sallam ibn Abi al-Huqayq)

    Commanders: Abdullah ibn Atik · Sallam ibn Abi al-Huqayq (Abu Rafi')

    Place: Khaybar

  10. c. 628 CE · c. 6 AH · Ghazwa

    Abdullah ibn Rawaha's expedition to Khaybar and the killing of al-Yasir ibn Rizam

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Rawaha · Abdullah ibn Unays

    Place: Khaybar

  11. c. 628 CE · c. 6 AH · Ghazwa

    Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Banu Fazara and the killing of Umm Qirfa

    Commanders: Zayd ibn Haritha

    Place: Wadi al-Qura

  12. c. 628 CE · c. 6 AH · Ghazwa

    Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Judham and the Prophet's restitution

    Commanders: Zayd ibn Haritha

    Place: Harrat al-Rajla'

  13. c. 627 CE · c. 6 AH · Ghazwa

    Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf's detachment to Dumat al-Jandal

    Commanders: Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf

    Place: Dumat al-Jandal

  14. c. 627 CE · c. 6 AH · Ghazwa

    Kurz ibn Jabir's detachment against the men of Bajila who killed Yasar

    Commanders: Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri

    Place: Medina

  15. c. 628 CE · c. 6 AH · Ghazwa

    Zayd ibn Haritha's detachment to Madyan and the captives

    Commanders: Zayd ibn Haritha

    Place: Madyan

  16. c. January 630 CE · Ramadan 8 AH · Sariya

    The Demolition of al-Uzza and Major Idols

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Mecca

  17. between 630 and 631 CE · 8 AH · Ghazwa

    Ali's expedition to Fals to destroy the idol of Tayy

    Commanders: Ali ibn Abi Talib

  18. c. January 630 CE · Shawwal 8 AH · Sariya

    The expedition to Awtas

    Commanders: Abu Amir al-Ash'ari · Durayd ibn al-Simma

    Place: Awtas

    Part of: The Battle of Hunayn

  19. 629 CE · 8 AH · Sariya

    The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir

    Commanders: Nawfal ibn Mu'awiya al-Dili

    Place: al-Watir

    Part of: The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)

  20. c. 629 CE · c. 8 AH · Ghazwa

    Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laythi's raid on Banu al-Mulawwah at al-Kudayd

    Commanders: Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laythi

    Place: al-Kudayd

  21. c. 629 CE · c. 8 AH · Ghazwa

    Ghalib ibn Abdullah's raid on the land of Banu Murra and the killing of Mirdas ibn Nahik

    Commanders: Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laythi

  22. c. 629 CE · c. 8 AH · Ghazwa

    Ibn Abi Hadrad's raid on al-Ghaba and the killing of Rifa'a ibn Qays al-Jushami

    Commanders: Abdullah ibn Abi Hadrad al-Aslami

    Place: Al-Ghaba

  23. c. 629 CE · c. 8 AH · Ghazwa

    Ibn Abi Hadrad's raid on Batn Idam and the killing of Amir ibn al-Adbat

    Commanders: Abdullah ibn Abi Hadrad al-Aslami · Amir ibn al-Adbat al-Ashja'i

    Place: Idam

  24. c. 629 CE · c. 8 AH · Ghazwa

    Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah's detachment to the sea coast (the Khabat raid)

    Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah

  25. January 631 CE · Muharram 9 AH · Ghazwa

    Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu Tamim

    Commanders: Uyayna ibn Hisn al-Fazari

    Place: Medina

  26. February 631 CE · Safar 9 AH · Ghazwa

    Qutba ibn Amir's raid on Khath'am

    Commanders: Qutba ibn Amir ibn Hadida

  27. March 631 CE · Rabi' I 9 AH · Ghazwa

    Ali's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'

    Commanders: Ali ibn Abi Talib

  28. March 631 CE · Rabi' I 9 AH · Ghazwa

    al-Dahhak ibn Sufyan's expedition to Banu Kilab

    Commanders: al-Dahhak ibn Sufyan al-Kilabi

  29. April 631 CE · Rabi' II 9 AH · Ghazwa

    Alqama ibn Mujazziz's expedition to the Jeddah coast

    Commanders: Alqama ibn Mujazziz al-Mudliji

    Place: Jeddah

  30. c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH†

    al-Nusayr and Hudhayfa's Raid toward Tikrit

    Place: Tikrit

  31. 641 CE · 20 AH

    Alqama ibn Mujazziz's expedition against Abyssinia (20 AH)

    Place: Abyssinia (Aksum)

  32. 647 CE · 27 AH

    the first raid on al-Andalus (27 AH)

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan

    Place: al-Andalus

  33. c. 648 CE · 28 AH

    The First Raid on Cyprus

    Place: Cyprus

  34. c. 653 CE · 33 AH

    The Second Raid on Cyprus

    Place: Cyprus

  35. between 660 and 680 CE

    The First Raid on Sicily and Abdallah ibn Qays's Plunder

    Commanders: Mu'awiya ibn Khudayj al-Kindi · Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan

    Place: Sicily

  36. 659 CE · 39 AH

    al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr's raid on ʿAyn al-Tamr (39 AH)

    Commanders: al-Nu'man ibn Bashir al-Ansari

    Place: Ayn al-Tamr

  37. 659 CE · 39 AH

    the Jazīra raid — Kumayl's counterattack and Shabīb's pursuit to Baʿlabakk (39 AH)

    Commanders: Kumayl ibn Ziyad al-Nakha'i · Shabib ibn Amir

    Place: Nasibin (Nisibis)

  38. 659 CE · 39 AH

    Muʿāwiya's columns to Taymāʾ and lower Wāqisa (39 AH)

    Commanders: al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri

  39. 660 CE · 40 AH

    Busr ibn Abi Artat's raid through the Hijaz and Yemen (40 AH)

  40. 660 CE · 40 AH

    al-Ḥārith ibn Murra's volunteer raid into Sind (40 AH; killed at al-Qīqān 42)

    Commanders: al-Harith ibn Murra al-Abdi

  41. 130 AH

    The Entry of Abu Hamza al-Khariji into Medina

  42. c. 777 CE · 161 AH

    Michael's Incursion on the Mar'ash Depths, 161

    Place: Mar'ash (Germanikeia)

  43. c. 798 CE · 183 AH

    The Khazar raid on Armenia

  44. 812 CE · 196 AH†

    Orreaga Riot (812)

    Place: Roncevaux Pass

  45. c. 838 CE · c. 223 AH

    The Sack of Zibatra and al-Mu'tasim's Retaliation

    Commanders: al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid

    Place: Zibatra

  46. c. 844 CE · 230 AH

    Majus landing at Seville, 230 AH

    Place: Seville

  47. c. 853 CE · 238 AH

    The Byzantine raid on Damietta

  48. 858 CE · 244 AH

    Majus raid on Nekour, 244

    Place: Nekour

  49. c. 859 CE · 245 AH

    Appearance of Majus ships in al-Andalus, 245

    Place: Seville

  50. c. 902 CE · c. 287 AH

    Tayyi's Assault on the Iraqi Pilgrim Caravan

  51. 904 CE · 291 AH†

    Sack of Thessalonica

    Place: Salonik (Thessaloniki)

  52. c. 10 December 905 CE · 10 Dhu al-Hijja 293 AH

    Qarmatian entry into Kufa on the Eid al-Adha, 293

    Place: Kufa

  53. c. 905 CE · 293 AH

    The Rising of the Brother of Sahib al-Shama and the Battle of Tiberias

    Place: Tabariyya (Tiberias)

  54. 914 CE · 302 AH

    The Qarmatian attack on the pilgrim caravan at al-Aqaba

  55. c. 915 CE · 303 AH

    Warqa's Raid on the Bedouin at al-Ajfar and the Mob's Killing of the Captives

    Commanders: Warqa' ibn Nawfal

  56. c. 924 CE · 312 AH

    Abu Tahir al-Qarmati Enters Kufa

    Commanders: Abu Tahir Sulayman al-Qarmati

    Place: Kufa

  57. c. 930 CE · 317 AH

    The Qarmatians take the Black Stone

  58. 935 CE · 323 AH†

    Battle of Barcelona (935)

    Place: Barcelona

  59. c. October 943 CE · Rabi' I 332 AH

    The Byzantine entry into Ra's al-'Ayn

    Place: Ra's al-Ayn

  60. 956 CE · 345 AH

    Byzantine Naval Raid on Tarsus in 345

  61. 22 December 962 CE · 22 Dhu al-Qa'da 351 AH†

    Sack of Aleppo

    Place: Aleppo

  62. 985 CE · 375 AH†

    Battle of Rovirans

    Place: Terrassa

  63. 985 CE · 375 AH†

    Sack of Barcelona

    Place: Barcelona

  64. c. 1003 CE · 394 AH

    Al-Asayfar al-Muntafiqi intercepts the pilgrims and gives away their wealth

  65. c. September 1012 CE · Safar 403 AH

    The Waqisa Disaster and the Khafaja Interception of the Pilgrims

  66. c. 1025 CE · Sha'ban 416 AH

    Mahmud of Ghazna breaks Somnath

    Commanders: Mahmud of Ghazna

  67. 1067 CE · 459 AH†

    Battle of Caesarea

    Place: Caesarea of Cappadocia

  68. c. 1182 CE · 578 AH

    The Frankish raid on the Red Sea and the Hijaz coast at 'Aydhab

  69. c. 1186 CE · 582 AH

    Prince Reynald's treachery — the Kerak lord breaks the truce

    Place: al-Karak

  70. c. 16 February 1192 CE · 6 Safar 588 AH

    The Banu Amir sack of Basra (588 AH)

    Place: Basra

  71. c. 1204 CE · 600 AH

    Frankish seaborne raid on the coast and the truce

    Place: al-Sham (Greater Syria)

  72. c. 1204 CE · 601 AH

    Frankish fleet sacks Fuwwa on the Egyptian coast

    Place: Fuwwah

  73. c. 1204 CE · 601 AH

    Georgian raid into Azerbaijan

    Place: Azerbaijan

  74. c. 1207 CE · 604 AH

    Georgians plunder Armenia from the Khilat side

    Place: Khilat (Akhlat)

  75. c. 1207 CE · 604 AH

    Ibn Layun the Armenian raids the Aleppo countryside

    Place: Aleppo

  76. c. 1209 CE · 606 AH

    Frankish raids on Syria

    Place: al-Sham (Greater Syria)

  77. c. 1209 CE · 606 AH

    Georgians take Azjish then withdraw

  78. c. 1211 CE · 608 AH

    Qatada's assault on the Iraqi pilgrim caravan at Mina, 608

  79. c. 1215 CE · 612 AH

    Georgian Raid on Azerbaijan, 612

    Place: Azerbaijan

  80. c. 1222 CE · 619 AH

    The Georgians sack Baylaqan

    Place: al-Baylaqan

  81. c. 1222 CE · 619 AH

    The Qipchaq incursion into Azerbaijan and their blow on the Georgians

    Place: Azerbaijan

  82. 1223 CE · 620 AH

    The Yemeni army's sack of Mecca (620 AH)

  83. c. 1226 CE · 624 AH

    The Georgians enter and burn Tiflis

    Place: Tiflis

  84. c. 1227 CE · 624 AH

    Jalal al-Din plunders the Ismaili lands

  85. c. 1228 CE · 625 AH

    Frankish expedition to Syria; Sidon refortified

    Place: Sayda (Sidon)

  86. c. 1228 CE · 625 AH

    Jalal al-Din plunders Armenia

    Place: Armenia

  87. c. 1231 CE · 628 AH

    A Mongol detachment reaches Irbil and Daquqa

    Place: Arbil (Erbil)

  88. c. 1231 CE · 628 AH

    The Mongols enter Diyar Bakr and the Jazira

    Place: The Jazira

  89. 1233 CE · 630 AH†

    Attack on Albalat (1233)

    Place: Albalat de la Ribera

  90. c. 1236 CE · 634 AH

    The Tatars Take Arbil by the Sword in 634 AH

    Place: Arbil (Erbil)

  91. c. 1237 CE · 635 AH

    The Tatar Raid on Daquqa in 635 AH

  92. 1245 CE · 643 AH

    The Mongol raids on the Multan marches

    Place: Multan

  93. 1285 CE · 684 AH†

    Burning of Peralada (1285)

    Place: Peralada

  94. 1415 CE · 818 AH†

    Attack of Lalish (1415)

    Place: Lalish

  95. 1521 CE · 927 AH†

    Attack on Bintan

    Place: Bintan

  96. 1537 CE · 944 AH†

    Attack on Sousse (1537)

    Place: Sousse

  97. 1571 CE · 979 AH†

    Ottoman attack on Brac (1571)

    Place: Brač

  98. 1603 CE · 1012 AH†

    Attack on Monastir (1603)

    Place: al-Munastir

  99. 1608 CE · 1017 AH

    Kalenderoğlu plunders Bursa

    Place: Bursa

  100. 1876 CE · 1293 AH†

    Belovski Raid (1876)

  101. 21 October 2016 CE · 20 Muharram 1438 AH†

    2016 Kirkuk raid

    Place: Kirkuk

  102. Abdallah ibn Sawar at Qiqan

    Place: al-Qiqan

  103. al-Harith ibn Murra's Qiqan Raid and Death

    Place: al-Qiqan

  104. The First Crossing of the Darb

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria

  105. al-Muhallab's Frontier Raid and the First Horse-Trimming

    Commanders: al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra

    Place: al-Qiqan

  106. Uthman ibn Abi al-As's Raids on Tana and the Indian Coast

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Abi al-As · Umar ibn al-Khattab

    Place: Tana