Battle of Badr

The Battle of Badr was fought on 13 March 624 CE, near the present-day city of Badr, Al Madinah Province in Saudi Arabia. It was the first large-scale engagement between the Muslims and Quraysh Meccans, led by Muhammad and Amr ibn Hisham respectively. The Muslims, numbering around 300, defeated a Meccan army of nearly one-thousand, killing several important Quraishi leaders including Abu Jahl and Umayyah ibn Khalaf. The battle marked the beginning of the six-year war between Muhammad and his tribe and strengthened Muhammad's position, with the Medinese eagerly joining his future expeditions and tribes outside Medina openly allied with Muhammad. The battle is considered a decisive victory in Islamic history, attributable to divine intervention, and also to the strategic prowess of Muhammad.learn more on wikipedia