Badr Ḥunayn

Badr lies southwest of Medina, at a group of wells near the caravan road between Mecca and Syria. Its water and palm groves made it a stopping place in the valleys leading towards the Red Sea. In 624 the wells became the scene of the first major battle between Muhammad's followers and the Quraysh of Mecca. The victory strengthened the young Muslim community at Medina and gave Badr an enduring place in Islamic memory.