17 Ramaḍān 16 AH

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17 Ramaḍān 16 AH · ≈ Sunday 12 October 637

Three hundred and thirteen meet Quraysh at the wells of Badr — the first pitched battle of Islam, remembered as Yawm al-Furqān.

17 Ramaḍān 2 AH13 Mar 624DayAttestedProphetic era · Hijaz · Battle

Month-precise — Spanning this month:

In the cave of Ḥirāʾ the first verses descend: "Recite, in the name of your Lord who created."

Ramaḍān · before the Hijra≈ 610 CEMonthTraditionalProphetic era · Hijaz · Observance

Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād breaks the Visigothic army and King Roderic falls; al-Andalus opens in a single Ramaḍān.

Ramaḍān 92 AH≈ Jul 711MonthAttestedUmayyad · al-Andalus · Battle

YEAR-PRECISE — THIS YEAR IN 16 AH

The caliph accepts the city’s surrender in person and grants the assurance later known as the Pact of ʿUmar.

16 AH≈ 637 CEYearAttestedRashidun · Levant · Treaty

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17Battle of Badr2 AH · 13 Mar 624

20Conquest of Makkah8 AH · 10 Jan 630