Battle of Harrah

An analytical look at the historic account of the invasion and horrific plunder of the holy city of Medina in the year 63 AH by the army of Yazid b. Mu'awiyah.

• Preface
• Introduction
• A Great Disaster
• Causes of the Revolt
• Open Confrontation of the People of Medina against Umayyid Government
• Dispatch of the Syrian Army to Medina
• Yazīd's Orders to the Commanders of the Syrian Army
• The Itinerary of the Syrian Army
• The Syrian Army Camps near Medina
• ‘Abd Allāh b. Hanzala, Commander of Medinan Forces
• Confrontation of the Syrian Army and the Medinan Forces
• The Syrian's Defeat during the Early Stages
• Marwān b. Hakam's Role in Penetration of Syrian Army into Medina
• Wearing out of Medinan Forces before the Syrian Army
• The Syrian Army’s Savage Invasion of Medinan Houses
• Crimes committed in the Prophet’s Holy Shrine and Mosque (Masjid al-Nabi)
• Imam Zayn al-‘Abidīn’s (‘a) Stance in the Uprising of Medinans
• The Medina Uprising; a Right or Wrong Movement?
• Tribes that Actively Participated in the Medina Uprising
• Those Who were Executed
• Those who didn’t take part in the uprising
• The Aftermaths of the Battle of Harrah
• Death of Yazīd b. Mu‘āwiyah
• Bibliography