Battle of Mu'tah
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The Battle of Mu'tah took place in September 629, between the forces of Muhammad and the army of the Byzantine Empire and their Ghassanid vassals. It took place in the village of Mu'tah in Palaestina
The tomb of Muslim commanders Zayd ibn Haritha, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and Abd Allah ibn Rawahah in Al-Mazar near Mu'tah, Jordan
Archaeological remains that exist near the place where the Battle of Mu'tah occurred
Khalid ibn al-Walid
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Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially led campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh, but later converted to Islam and spent t
Battle of Mu'tah
…without exacting a penalty on the Ghassanid chief. According to Muslim sources, after three of their leaders were killed, the command was given to Khalid ibn al-Walid and he succeeded in saving the rest of the force. Three years later the Muslims would return to defeat the Byzantine forces in the Expedition of Usama…
The Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque in Homs, Syria
Mount Uhud (pictured in 2009) where the battle took place
Islamic miniature of Iblis (top-left) watching over Khālid ibn al-Walīd and other Quraysh leaders discussing the second pledge at al-Aqabah, being spied on by the anti-Islamic zealot "the Monk" Abu ʿĀmir al-Rāhib.
The oasis town of Dumat al-Jandal (pictured in 2007). Khalid led an expedition against the city in 630, and may have led another expedition in 633 or 634, though modern historians have cast doubt about the latter campaign or Khalid's role in it.