Wadi al-Qura
Wadi al-Qura is a location and wadi north of Medina in Saudi Arabia,[1] mentioned in early Islamic sources.
The wadi is tentative identified with the modern Wadi al-'Ula.[2]
The Wadi is referenced in many early Islamic texts. 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,[3]
- 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.[4]
- 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[5]
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.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Wensinck, AJ, "Kaynuka, banu", Encyclopaedia of Islam.
- ^ Timothy Power, The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate: AD 500–1000 (I.B.Tauris, 2012) p115.
- ^ Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 206. (online)
- ^ Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 211. (online)
- ^ William Muir, The Life of Mahomet (2003), p. 394.
- ^ 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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