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I assume you are looking for the answer "Mohammed and the Early Muslims", but Mohammed never declared war on Yethrib (the city which would become Medina). He settled there at the request of the Yethribis to resolve a dispute between two tribes. Mohammed and the Early Muslims did conquer Mecca, though, after difficult battles with Abu Sufyan and other Qoreishi Tribesmen.
In more modern history, both the Ottoman Empire and Saudi Arabia conquered the territory of Hejaz in which Mecca and Medina are located, transferring those cities to those countries in the 1500s and 1920s respectively.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe question comes down to what time period the question is referring to.
Mohammed did conquer Mecca in 630 CE, but he never needed to conquer Medina as they had invited him to be Chief Hakam (Arbitrator) of the city upon his arrival.
The Ottomans conquered Mecca and Medina in 1517, while permitting the local Sharif of Mecca a high degree of autonomy.
In 1803, the first Saudi State conquered Mecca and Medina from the Ottoman Sultanate supported the Sharif of Mecca. In 1813, the Khedivite Kingdom of Egypt defeated the First Saudi State and returned the holy cities to the Ottoman Sultanate.
In 1916, after the Battle of Mecca in World War I, the Sharif of Mecca asserted independence with British assistance and formed the Kingdom of Hejaz. In 1924, the Second Battle of Mecca took place and the Kingdom of Hejaz was overrun by the Second Saudi State (the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
Saudi Arabia retains control of the two holy cities of Islam and the Kingdom of Hejaz is no more.
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Where are Mecca and Medina?
Mecca and Medina are cities in Saudi Arabia. Mecca is the birthplace of Muhammad and the holiest city of Islam. Medina is the second holiest city of Islam - Muhammad fled there from Mecca. The tomb of Muhammad is in Medina.
What two cities in Saudi Arabia represent the two branches of the Islamic religion and are among the most important holy cities?
They are:Makkah (or Mecca)AlMadinah (or Medina)Both are located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The third city is AlQods (or East Jerusalem) located in the Palestinian Territory.
Where is the grave of prophet mohammed located in mecca or medina?
Medina Munnawara
When Muhammad left Mecca what city did he go to?
He went to Medina.
What town Mecca or Medina was the first to except Islam on a large scale?
Medina
What is the nearest city to mecca?
Medina
The Hejira Mohammed journey from Mecca to Medina it important to Muslims because the journey?
Because after this migration from Mecca to Medina , Muhammad PBUH estabished the first Islamic community in Medina .
What is the relative location of Medina?
Medina is located in the western region of Saudi Arabia, about 280 miles north of the capital city, Riyadh. It is surrounded by the Al-Hijaz mountains and sits on a plateau at an elevation of about 2,300 feet above sea level.
What are the Islamic Holly centers?
They are Mecca and Medina.
How many miles from mecca to Medina?
275
Why are the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Medina significant?
They both have the two holy Mosque, and prophet Mohammad was born in Mecca and buried in Medina where he died.
Flight from mecca to medina of Muhammad?
Prophet Muhammad migration from Makkah (Mecca) to Medina is called Hijra in Arabic. It was not flight by air but was on a camel.
