The Ridda Wars, or Wars of Apostasy, were fought by the first caliph, Abu Bakr, against Arabian tribes that rebelled after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Some tribes refused to pay the alms tax to Medina, while others followed rival prophets such as Musaylima in Yamama, Tulayha in the north and Sajah, a woman prophet among the Banu Tamim. The Muslim armies, led most prominently by Khalid ibn al-Walid, defeated these movements in a series of campaigns across the peninsula, with the hard-fought battle of Yamama as a turning point. By 633 Arabia was largely united under the authority of Medina. The same armies and commanders were then sent north against the Byzantine and Sasanian empires.
Before and after
- 629 CEConquest of Mecca
- from 629 CE to 1050Arab–Byzantine wars
- from 629 CE to 645 CEXuanzang travels from China to India
- 631 CEOrigins of Islam
- from 632 CE to 633 CERidda Wars
- from June 632 CE to July 661 CERashidun Caliphate
- 8 June 632 CEDeath of Muhammad
- from 633 CE to 640 CEMuslim conquest of the Levant
- from 633 CE to 654 CEMuslim conquest of Persia
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