Battle of Safwan
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The Invasion of Safwan also known as the Preliminary Badr Invasion occurred directly after the Invasion of Waddan in the year 2 AH
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The Hijri year is year numbering system used in the Islamic calendar. It commemorates the Hijra , or emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622 CE. In Arabic, AH is symbolized by the letter هـ...

 of the islamic calendar. The expedition was ordered by Muhammad
Muhammad
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 after he received intelligence that Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri rustled some grazing cattles belonging to Muslims. Therefore, Muhammad directed about 70 Muslims, who chased him to Safwan, at the outskirts of Badr. But Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri managed to escape.
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