The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was an agreement between the Prophet Muhammad and the Quraysh tribe of Mecca, made at Hudaybiyyah, near Mecca, after Muhammad led a group of followers from Medina intending to perform the pilgrimage. The Quraysh refused them entry but agreed to a ten-year truce, with the Muslims to return the next year to make the pilgrimage. Some of the terms seemed unfavourable to the Muslims, and some companions were uneasy, but the Quran refers to it as a clear victory. The truce allowed Muhammad to deal with other opponents and the number of his followers grew rapidly. After the Quraysh and their allies broke it, Muhammad marched on Mecca in 630 and took it with little fighting.
Before and after
- 9 January 626 CEBirth of Husayn ibn Ali
- from June 626 CE to July 626 CESiege of Constantinople
- from 627 CE to 629 CEThird Perso-Turkic War
- 628 CEBrahmagupta sets out the rules for zero
- March 628 CETreaty of Hudaybiyyah
- 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
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