What were the Battles of the Trench and the Confederates?

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The Battle of the Trench took place in Shawwal 5 AH / 627 CE. The confederates besieged the city, and Salman dug a trench around it. The Muslims held out for a month until God turned back the confederates with a wind and cold. 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.

What were the Battles of the Trench and the Confederates?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas