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Battle of Uhud

Battle of Uhud was a battle fought on 23 March AD 625 at Mount Uhud, in what is now Saudi Arabia. It was part of the Muslim–Quraysh War, which ran from AD 624 to AD 630. The recorded result: Quraysh victory.

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The Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim Army at the Battle of Uhud - Miniature from volume 4 of a copy of Mustafa al-Darir’s Siyar-i Nabi (Life of the Prophet). ”The Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim Army a
The Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim Army at the Battle of Uhud - Miniature from volume 4 of a copy of Mustafa al-Darir’s Siyar-i Nabi (Life of the Prophet). ”The Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim Army a. Anonymous (Author), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought23 March AD 625
WhereMount Uhud, Saudi Arabia24.503N, 39.612E
OutcomeQuraysh victory
BelligerentsFirst Islamic StateagainstQuraysh
Part ofMuslim–Quraysh WarAD 624 to AD 630

Where it sits in the Muslim–Quraysh War

Battle of Badr, AD 624Al-Qarada raid, AD 624Battle of Uhud, AD 625Battle of the Trench, AD 627AD 624AD 627Battle of Uhud, AD 625
4 placed engagements of the Muslim–Quraysh War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date23 March AD 625
PlaceMount Uhud, Saudi Arabia
24.503N, 39.612E
KindBattle, medieval
Strength754 total
Commanders
Battle of UhudBattle of UhudBattle of the TrenchInvasion of Banu QaynuqaSiege of MedinaBattle of MedinaBattle of al-HarrahBattle of the TrenchYanbu al Bahr100 km24.503N, 39.612E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Uhud
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Uhud today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-10-19. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 600 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 579 to 1,070 m, 492 m of relief, steep country and today it is 46% bare ground, 45% built-up, 7% tree cover.

bare ground: 46%built-up: 45%tree cover: 7%bare ground 46%built-up 45%tree cover 7%
west to east, 10.0 km589 to 841 mnorth to south, 10.0 km595 to 1,050 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between AD 624 and 1916.

In the same war

Elsewhere in AD 625

Battle of Uhud is one of 203 engagements of the 7th century in the atlas and one of 86 in present-day Saudi Arabia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q488278, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Uhud, revision 1384526427, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.