Raid on Nakhla

The Raid on Nakhla (Arabic: سرِيَّة نَخْلَة‎) was the seventh Caravan Raid of the followers of the Islamic Nabi (Prophet), and the first successful raid against the Meccans, which took place at Nakhlah, in the Hejazi region of what is now Saudi Arabia. It took place in Rajab A.H. 2 (October AD 623). The commander was 'Abdullah ibn Jahsh al-Asadi, whom Muhammad dispatched to Nakhlah as the head of 12 Emigrants with six camels.

Raid on Nakhla

The Raid on Nakhla (Arabic: سرِيَّة نَخْلَة‎) was the seventh Caravan Raid of the followers of the Islamic Nabi (Prophet), and the first successful raid against the Meccans, which took place at Nakhlah, in the Hejazi region of what is now Saudi Arabia. It took place in Rajab A.H. 2 (October AD 623). The commander was 'Abdullah ibn Jahsh al-Asadi, whom Muhammad dispatched to Nakhlah as the head of 12 Emigrants with six camels.