The Expedition of Dumat al-Jandal
غزوة دومة الجندل
c. August 626 CE · Rabi' I 5 AH
In Rabi' I 5 AH (August 626 CE), the Prophet led a 1,000-strong expedition to Dumat al-Jandal on the borders of Syria to secure the trade routes against marauding tribes; the gathering dispersed, and the Muslims established security and concluded non-aggression terms with tribal chiefs.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Connections
- Occurred at
- Dumat al-Jandal
- Had participant
- MuhammadUyayna ibn Hisn al-Fazari
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The Expedition of Dhu Qarad (Ghazwat al-Ghaba)Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu TamimThe Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'ranaThe three years of the secret callAli's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'The monk Bahira at BusraThe Battle of BadrThe Battle of Hunayn
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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islam.museum contributors. “The Expedition of Dumat al-Jandal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/expedition-of-dumat-al-jandal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.