Third Raid on Banu Thalabah explained

Conflict:	Third Raid on Banu Thalabah
Date:	October 627AD, 6th month 6AH
Place:	Al-Taraf
Result:	Successful raid, 20 camels captured
Commander1:	Zayd ibn Harithah
Commander2:	Unknown
Strength1:	15
Strength2:	Unknown

Third Raid on Banu Thalabah took place in September, 627AD, 6th month of 6AH of the Islamic calendar^[1]

In Jumada Ath-Thania, Zaid as the commander of 15 men raided Bani Tha‘labah and captured 20 of their camels but the tribe members had fled. He spent four days there and then returned to Medina.

The First Raid on Banu Thalabah had taken place two months earlier.

Islamic Primary sources

This event is mentioned in Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2^[2]

See also

• Military career of Muhammad
• List of expeditions of Muhammad

Notes

1. Book: Hawarey, Mosab. The Journey of Prophecy; Days of Peace and War (Arabic). 9789957051648. Islamic Book Trust. 2010. Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation available here
2. Book: Sa'd, Ibn. Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir,By Ibn Sa'd,Volume 2. 1967. Pakistan Historical Society. B0007JAWMK. 107. Sariyyah of Zayd ibn Haritha towards al-Taraf.