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Khaybar
Khaybar oasis, Saudi Arabia · Arabia & Arab frontier
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Attested. The Jewish community and the 628 campaign are known from Islamic sources.
Khaybar was a fortified Jewish oasis about 150 km north of Medina. Muhammad's forces besieged it in 628, and its Jewish farmers stayed on as sharecroppers until Umar expelled them.
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Khaybar
Khaybar was a fortified Jewish date-palm oasis north of Medina, which Muhammad's forces took in 628. Its Jews stayed as sharecroppers until 'Umar expelled them, traditionally to Syria. Medieval Jews told legends of Khaybari Jews surviving in the desert.
attested. The conquest is attested in Islamic sources. The expulsion's scope is debated, and the survival legends are traditional.
Source stance: neutral. Islamic sources (outsider).
People and groups named here
- Jewish farmers of Khaybar
- Safiyya bint Huyayy
Sources
- Khaybar (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Jewish tribes of Arabia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 814683: Khaybar
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- "Khaibar", Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)
Jewish Encyclopedia / Funk & Wagnalls (public domain). Accessed 2026-11-11.
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