Daily Medieval

Despite Muhammad's treatment of the Jewish tribe the Banu Qurayza , he was not opposed to tolerance of the Jewish religion. He felt the ...

Once the Confederacy gave up the Battle of the Trench because of discord and mistrust in the alliance, Muhammad turned his attention to th...

During the Battle of the Trench between the Quraysh of Mecca with their Confederacy and Muhammad and the Muslims who had headquartered in M...

While the Battle of the Trench was happening, the outnumbered Muhammad in Medina looked to break up the attacking Confederacy by sending me...

After the Battle of Badr and the Battle of Uhud , the next encounter between the Quraysh of Mecca and the Muslims who followed Muhammad was...

After the Battle of Badr  and the deaths of some of the Quraysh leaders, the leader of the large caravan involved, Abu Sufyan, became leader...

Mecca was occupied largely by the Arab Quraysh tribe—a grouping of many clans. Muhammad was born into one of these clans, the Hashim. Muhamm...

Her full name was Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb, and she was born in the late 6th century, a member of the Banu Sa'd. The Banu Sa'd wa...

The Koran is the only text of the Abrahamic religions (Islam, Christianity, Judaism) that mentions anything related to mothers and the feedi...

After the death of Muhammad in June 632, his followers discussed who should carry on his message to all parts of the world. Muhammad's c...

Abu Hurairah (c.603 - 681) was a companion of Muhammad whose name (as it comes down to us) means "Father of the Kitten" because of...

Dick Whittington 's cat might have made his reputation according to the legend , but cats were not always a welcome sight in the Middle ...

Christianity in the Middle Ages did not approve of Islam and its swift growth. It was not many years after the death of Muhammad in 632 CE t...

[ source ] Eclipses were a mystery for awhile, but eventually enough took place that astronomers could spot the patterns. European astr...

The population of Syria is currently about 60% Sunni and 13% Shia Muslim. 'Twas not always thus. Map of ancient Syria, 1683 [ sourc...