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3 unusual facts about Caravan raids


Caravan raids

A party of 30 to 40 men assembled at the seacoast near al-Is, between Mecca and Medina, where Amr ibn Hishām (Abu Jahl), the leader of the caravan was camping with 300 Meccan riders.

The survival of nomads (or Bedouins) was also partially dependent on raiding caravans or oases; thus they saw this as no crime.

The belligerent attitude of the Quraysh was exposed in the heated argument between Sa'd ibn Mu‘ādh and ’Amr ibn Hishām after the Hijrah.



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