- List of battles fought during Ramadan by Muslims
This is a list of battles fought during
Ramadan by Muslim.*
624 -Battle of Badr . On 17 Ramadan, Makkan idolaters attacked the young islamic state of Madina.Muhammad led his forces inArabia to victory over Makkan idolaters. "The great battle of Badr" , was the first battle between believers and infidels.
*627 - TheBattle of the Ditch . Muslims trained for this battle during Ramadan, though it occurred in the following month ofShawal .
*630 - [Battle of Tabouk] (also called the Battle of Tabuk). The soldiers of Islam, under the leadership ofMuhammad , established a training and fighting camp in Tabouk during the month of fasting, the Byzantine army shown no aggression so the muslims returned back without fighting peacefully.
*653 - Conquest of Rhodes. Muslims plundered theColossus of Rhodes , melted it and turned it into arms for the soldiers.
*680 - battle ofKarbala 60 AH - Grandson of Prophet Muhammad, Husyain Ibn Ali was shaheed(Martyred) by a cruel Rulerso called khalifa of muslims of that era named Yazeed s/o maawiya.
*710 - Muslims led byTarek bin Ziyad , invaded Spanish southern frontier cities on the Andalusian coast defeatingKing Roderick . They stayed for eight hundred years, disseminating Islam. From there, Islam spreads out throughEurope .
*1099 -Battle of Ascalon . Took place on 22 Ramadan (August 12), the newfoundcrusade rKingdom of Jerusalem defeatedFatimid Egypt .
*1187 -Battle of Hattin . Took place at dawn -- after the Night of Power ("Lailat ul-Qadr"); a night during the last ten days of Ramadan when tradition says that the angelGabriel descended and God calledMuhammad to be His messenger. (It is sometimes translated as the Night of Destiny.) SultanSaladin (Salah Al-Din Al-Ayubi) wiped out theFrankish army and went on to reclaimJerusalem forIslam . The battle took place onJuly 4 .
*1260 -Battle of Ain Jalut .Qutuz defeated theMongols in Palestine.
*1962 to1970 -Yemen i Civil War. Fighting continued through nine Ramadans.
*1973 - "Ramadan War" (Elsewhere known as theYom Kippur War ).Egypt andSyria launched their attack onIsrael it was called Operation Badr, and foot soldiers were given religious slogans. The Yom Kippur War is also known as the 6th of October war of 1973 and the 10th of Ramadan War.
*1975 to1990 - Lebanon's civil war. Fighting took place over the course of seventeen Ramadans.
*1981 - Iran rejected Iraqi offers for a Ramadan cease-fire.
*1982 -Iran launched an attack onIraq that they explicitly called "Operation Ramadan."
*1986 - Christian forces called for a Ramadan cease-fire, which lasted two weeks.
*1987 - Iran again rejected Iraqi offers for a Ramadan cease-fire.
*1987 to 1993 - The first Palestinian Intifada was waged over six Ramadans.
*1990 s - There were at least 20 examples of Ramadan violence by Muslims during theAlgeria n civil war.
*2000 - IndianPrime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee stated thatIndia would initiate a unilateral cease-fire in observance of the holy month of Ramadan as a step towards peace inKashmir . Nonetheless, widespread fighting continued between Indian forces and the guerrillas inJammu-Kashmir .
*2003 to2007 -Iraq War . Fighting took place over the course of four Ramadans. Clarifyme|date=March 2008
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