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Battle of Badr

Battle of Badr was a battle fought on 12 March AD 624 at Hejaz, in what is now Saudi Arabia. It was part of the Muslim–Quraysh War, which ran from AD 624 to AD 630. The recorded result: Military career of Muhammad; Survival of the Muslims; Start of Muslim–Quraysh War.

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Folio from a Tarikhnama (Book of history) by Balami
Folio from a Tarikhnama (Book of history) by Balami. Abu Ali Bal'ami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought12 March AD 624
WhereHejaz, Saudi Arabia23.733N, 38.767E
OutcomeMilitary career of Muhammad; Survival of the Muslims; Start of Muslim–Quraysh War
BelligerentsFirst Islamic StateagainstQuraysh
Casualties and lossesTotal: 14 killed; Muhajirun: 6; Ansar: 8; Khazraj: 6; Aws: 2and70 killed, 70 prisoners
Part ofMuslim–Quraysh WarAD 624 to AD 630

Where it sits in the Muslim–Quraysh War

Battle of Badr, AD 624Battle of Uhud, AD 625Battle of the Trench, AD 627AD 624AD 627Battle of Badr, AD 624
3 placed engagements of the Muslim–Quraysh War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date12 March AD 624
PlaceHejaz, Saudi Arabia
23.733N, 38.767E
KindBattle, medieval
StrengthTotal: 313; Muhajirun: 82; Ansar: 231; Aws: 61; Khazraj: 170; 2 horses; 70 camelsTotal: 600 to 1,000; 100 horses; 170 camels
Casualties and lossesTotal: 14 killed; Muhajirun: 6; Ansar: 8; Khazraj: 6; Aws: 270 killed, 70 prisoners
Commanders
  • Amr ibn Hisham
  • Utba ibn Rabi'a
  • Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah
  • Umayya ibn Khalaf
  • Al-Walid ibn Utba ibn Rabi'a
  • Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Badr
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Badr today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-10-05. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 91 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 49 to 371 m, 322 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 97% bare ground, 2% built-up.

bare ground: 97%built-up: 2%bare ground 97%built-up 2%
west to east, 10.0 km67 to 154 mnorth to south, 10.0 km74 to 303 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in AD 624

Battle of Badr is one of 179 engagements of the 7th century in the atlas and one of 71 in present-day Saudi Arabia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q486124, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Badr, revision 1380867863, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.