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Battle of Hunayn

Battle of Hunayn was a battle fought in AD 630 at Hunayn, in what is now Saudi Arabia. It was part of battles of Muhammad. The recorded result: Muslim victory. Recorded strength: 12,000 against 20,000.

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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.
FoughtAD 630
WhereHunayn, Saudi Arabia21.517N, 40.042E
OutcomeMuslim victory
BelligerentsFirst Islamic StateagainstQays; Hawazin; Thaqif; Nasr; Jusham; Sa'd bin Bakr; Bani Hilal; Bani 'Amr bin Amir; Bani 'Awf bin Amir; Banu Sulaym
Part ofbattles of Muhammad

Record

DateAD 630 (year precision)
PlaceHunayn, Saudi Arabia
21.517N, 40.042E
KindBattle, medieval
Strength12,00020,000
Casualties and losses4 killed70 killed from Hawazin, 300 killed from Thaqif and many killed from Sulaym; 6,000 captured; 24,000 camels; 40,000 goats; 4,000 ounces of silver
Commanders
  • Malik ibn Awf
  • Durayd ibn al-Simma
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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 Hunayn
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 50 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Hunayn today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-10-22. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 452 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 1,021 m, 1,021 m of relief, mountainous country and today it is 82% bare ground, 12% built-up, 3% shrubland.

bare ground: 82%built-up: 12%shrubland: 3%cropland: 2%bare ground 82%built-up 12%shrubland 3%cropland 2%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 506 mnorth to south, 10.0 km427 to 800 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 630

Battle of Hunayn 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 Q2300090, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Hunayn, revision 1370443349, 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.