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7steps · 30min · newcomer · student
Badr
The first criterion: 313 victors in 624.
The day of Badr: the lines, the duels and the victory · Muhammad · Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Yarmuk
Khalid defeats Byzantium: Syria opens, 636.
Qadisiyya
Ctesiphon falls: Iraq opens, 636.
The conquest
A near-bloodless entry and general pardon, 630.
The Prophet's sermon at the Kaaba and general amnesty · The Treaty of Hudaybiyya
Hattin
Saladin retakes Jerusalem, 1187.
Battle of Hattin · Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) · Jerusalem
Ayn Jalut
The Mongols' first defeat: the Mamluks, 1260.
Constantinople
The prophecy fulfilled: Mehmed the Conqueror, 1453.
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Overview
A path through the battles that changed the map: from Badr to al-Yarmuk and al-Qadisiyya, from Hattin to 'Ayn Jalut and Constantinople.
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islam.museum contributors. “The Great Conquests”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-conquests/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.