Antiquity
Expulsion of the Jewish tribes of Banu Qaynuqa (624) and Banu Nadir (625) following the siege of their quarters
624-625·Médine
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At the time of Muhammad's arrival, three Jewish tribes — the Banu Qaynuqa, the Banu Nadir, and the Banu Qurayza — held fortified quarters and palm groves in Medina. After the Battle of Badr, a market incident served as a pretext for the siege of the Banu Qaynuqa quarter in 624: the tribe capitulated and left the city for Syria.
The following year, in 625, the Banu Nadir were besieged in turn and forced to depart for Khaybar, abandoning their lands and their palm groves. These successive expulsions, recounted in the Sira of Ibn Ishaq and in the Quranic commentaries, brought to an end within a few years a long-attested Jewish presence in the oasis.
- Period :
- Antiquity
- Type :
- Expulsion
- Region :
- Near and Middle East
- Country :
- Arabie saoudite
Ibn Ishaq, *Sirat Rasul Allah*, version d'Ibn Hisham ; al-Waqidi, *Kitab al-Maghazi* ; Michael Lecker, *Muslims, Jews and Pagans*.