Battle of Hunayn

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Battle of Hunayn
Folio from the Tarikhnama by Muhammad Bal'ami with the Battle of Hunayn
Date 630 C.E. (8 A.H.) Location Hunain, near At-Ta'if in western Arabia 21°26′N 40°21′E / 21.433°N 40.350°E / 21.433; 40.350 Result Muslim victory
Belligerents
Muslims Quraysh	Qays Thaqif Hawazin Nasr Jusham Sa'd bin Bakr Bani Hilal Bani 'Amr bin Amir Bani 'Awf bin Amir
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad Ali (standard bearer) Umar Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib Khalid ibn al-Walid Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Abu Sufyan ibn Harb Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith .[1]: 398  Safwan ibn Umayya[2]	Malik ibn Awf Dorayd bin Al Soma Abu al-A'war
Strength
12,000	40,000
Casualties and losses
4 killed	70 killed from Hawazin 300 killed from Thaqif many killed from Sulaym[3] 6,000 captured[4]
24,000 camels[4] 40,000 goats[5] 160,000 dirhams in silver[6]

The Battle of Hunayn (Arabic: غَزْوَةٌ حُنَيْن, romanized: Ghazwatu Hunayn) was a conflict between the Muslims of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the tribe of Qays in the aftermath of the conquest of Mecca. The battle took place in 8 AH (c. 630) in the Hunayn valley on the route from Mecca to Taif. The battle ultimately ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, and it is one of the few battles mentioned by name in the Qur'an, where it appears in Surat at-Tawbah.^[7][8]Despite still being a polytheist, Safwan ibn Umayya fought on the side of the Muslims.^[9]