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Conquest of Mecca | |||||||||
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Part of the Muslim–Quraysh War | |||||||||
Muhammad entering the Kaaba and destroying the Arabian idols (Bazil's Hamla-i Haydari, 1808) | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Muslims | Quraysh | ||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
10,000 | Unknown | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
2[1] | 13[2] | ||||||||
The conquest of Mecca (Arabic: فَتْحُ مَكَّةَ Fatḥu Makkah, alternatively, "liberation of Mecca") was a military campaign undertaken by Muhammad and his companions during the Muslim–Quraysh War. They led the early Muslims in an advance on the Quraysh-controlled city of Mecca in December 629 or January 630[3][4] (10–20 Ramadan, 8 AH).[3] The fall of the city to Muhammad formally marked the end of the conflict between his followers and the Quraysh tribal confederation.