Battle of khandaq pdf9/21/2023 ![]() The well-organized defenders, the sinking of confederate morale, and poor weather conditions caused the siege to end in a fiasco. However, Muhammad's diplomacy derailed the negotiations, and broke up the confederacy against him. Hoping to make several attacks at once, the confederates persuaded the Muslim-allied Medinan Jews, Banu Qurayza, to attack the city from the south. The largely outnumbered defenders of Medina, mainly Muslims led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dug a trench on the suggestion of Salman the Persian, which, together with Medina's natural fortifications, rendered the confederacy's cavalry (consisting of horses and camels) useless, locking the two sides in a stalemate. ![]() The strength of the confederate armies is estimated at around 10,000 men with six hundred horses and some camels, while the Medinan defenders numbered 3,000. ![]() The Battle of the Trench ( Arabic: غزوة الخندق, romanized: Ghazwat al-Khandaq), also known as the Battle of Khandaq ( Arabic: معركة الخندق, romanized: Ma’rakah al-Khandaq) and the Battle of the Confederates ( Arabic: غزوة الاحزاب, romanized: Ghazwat al-Ahzab), was a 27-day-long defense by Muslims of Yathrib (now Medina) from Arab and Jewish tribes. ![]()
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