Wadi al-Qura

Wadi al-Qura is a location north of Medina in Saudi Arabia.[1] Several military expeditions took place there during the time of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. These include the Expedition of Zaid ibn Haritha (Wadi al-Qura), where Muhammad sent Zayd ibn Haritha to survey the area and to monitor the movements of the enemies of Muhammad,[2] as well as the Second Expedition of Wadi al-Qura which Muhammad ordered to raid the inhabitants of Wadi al-Qura for revenge, because a number of Muslims were killed when they tried to raid the inhabitants previously, but failed.[3] During the end of Muhammad's era the Third Expedition of Wadi al Qura was ordered, with the purpose of attacking the Jews of Wadi al-Qura to conquer their land[4]

Recent discoveries of Geonic responsa have shown that there was a Jewish presence in Wadi al-Qura as late as the 11th century CE, and that they maintained correspondence with Rabbi Sherira Gaon and Rabbi Hai Gaon.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Wensinck, AJ, "Kaynuka, banu", Encyclopaedia of Islam.
  2. ↑ Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 206. (online)
  3. ↑ Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 211. (online)
  4. ↑ William Muir, The Life of Mahomet (2003), p. 394.
  5. ↑ Mazuz, Haggai (2014). The Religious and Spiritual Life of the Jews of Medina. Koninklijke Brill. p. 100. Retrieved 2016-06-22.

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