The Great Conquests
الفتوح الكبرى
A trail through battles that redrew the map.
At a glance
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- Arabia
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7steps · 30min · newcomer · student
Badr
The first criterion: 313 victors in 624.
The day of Badr: the lines, the duels and the victory · Muhammad · Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Yarmuk
Khalid defeats Byzantium: Syria opens, 636.
Qadisiyya
Ctesiphon falls: Iraq opens, 636.
The conquest
A near-bloodless entry and general pardon, 630.
The Prophet's sermon at the Kaaba and general amnesty · The Treaty of Hudaybiyya
Hattin
Saladin retakes Jerusalem, 1187.
وقعة حطين · صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب الملك الناصر · Jerusalem
Ayn Jalut
The Mongols' first defeat: the Mamluks, 1260.
Constantinople
The prophecy fulfilled: Mehmed the Conqueror, 1453.
Do first:: Islam in Thirty Minutes
Overview
A path through the battles that changed the map: from Badr to al-Yarmuk and al-Qadisiyya, from Hattin to 'Ayn Jalut and Constantinople.
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “The Great Conquests”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-conquests/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.