Battle of Badr 624 Muslims of Madinah vs Quraish of Makkah

The Battle of Badr (Arabic: غزوة بدر‎, romanized: Ghazwat Badr), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (Arabic: يوم الفرقان‎, romanized: Yaum al-Furqān) in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on Tuesday, 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH), near the present-day city of Badr, Al Madinah Province in Saudi Arabia. Muhammad, commanding an army of his Sahaba, defeated an army of the Quraysh led by Amr ibn Hishām, better known as Abu Jahl. The battle marked the beginning of the six-year war between Muhammad and his tribe. Prior to the battle, the Muslims and the Meccans had fought several smaller skirmishes in late 623 and early 624.