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==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
The Muslims charged forward and intially had success against their numerically superior foe. Seeing the Meccans wavering, though, the archers of the Muslims rushed forward to the Meccan camp, hoping to get their share of the spoil. The commander of the Meccan cavalry though, [[Khalid ibn Walid]] (who would become known as the "sword of god" after converting to Islam for his spectacular victories over the Byzantines at Yarmouk and Damascus) saw that the desertion by the archers of their posts left a hole in the Muslim lines. He wheeled his cavalry around the left flank of the Muslim front and poured in through the whole left in their lines by the archers. Attacked by cavalry in their rear, the Muslims panicked and fled, leading to a route and general slaughter of the Muslims. Muhammad himself was struck in the mouth by a sword and many of the Muslims believed that he had been killed, destroying what morale they had left. | |||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
==Qur'an== | ==Qur'an== | ||