What is Medina?

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Medina, formerly Yathrib, was the city of the Hijra and the first state of Islam. It holds the Mosque of the Prophet ﷺ and his grave. It was the capital of the caliphs until 'Ali, and the knowledge of the Companions and the Successors remained there. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas