Caravan raids explained

Caravan raids are a surprise attack or incursion by a hostile force on a caravan, a group of merchants, pilgrims, or travelers journeying together.

Examples

Caravan raids have been described as a characteristic risk for travelers in the 19th-century Sahara desert^[1] and Kazakh Steppe.^[2] Caravan raids were also a risk for Hajj caravans through various historical periods, from the Crusades to the Ottoman period.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Early Muslim–Meccan conflict

Notes and References

1. Boahen . A. Adu . 1962 . The Caravan Trade in the Nineteenth Century . The Journal of African History . 3 . 2 . 349–359 . 0021-8537.
2. Eden . Jeff . June 2023 . Anatomy of a Caravan Raid: Peril and Possibility in the Kazakh Steppe, 1800–1860 . Journal of Central Asian History . 2 . 1 . 1-32 . ResearchGate.
3. Mallett . Alex . 2008 . A Trip down the Red Sea with Reynald of Châtillon . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society . 18 . 2 . 141–153 . 1356-1863.
4. Khan . Mu'Īnuddīn Aḥmad . Jones . Harford . 1968 . A Diplomat's Report on Wahhabism of Arabia . Islamic Studies . 7 . 1 . 33–46 . 0578-8072.