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Also Known As Battle of the Trench • al-Khandaq
Date 627
Location Medina • Saudi Arabia
Participants Mecca • Muhammad

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Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
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Salmān al-Fārisī
companion of Muḥammad

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