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TheBattleOfKhybar, page : 5
The fortifications around Khybar were exceptionally strong so when the
Jews learned of the pending attack they were not particularly perturbed and
discounted the possibility of being routed. However, they did contact their
brethren at Wadi l-Kura who had also built strong fortresses to protect
themselves and agreed to support one another should the need arise.
The confidence of the Khybar chieftains was such that they did not concern
themselves with bothering their Arab allies of the Ghatafan for support until
the very last minute, when one of their chieftains, named Kinanah, learned
that the Prophet and his army had set out from Medina. Once again the
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Jews offered the Ghatafan a handsome bribe and four thousand from the
Ghatafan prepared themselves in readiness to lend their support to the
already ten thousand strong Jewish army against the relatively small army
of just one thousand, six hundred Muslims.
Jews learned of the pending attack they were not particularly perturbed and
discounted the possibility of being routed. However, they did contact their
brethren at Wadi l-Kura who had also built strong fortresses to protect
themselves and agreed to support one another should the need arise.
The confidence of the Khybar chieftains was such that they did not concern
themselves with bothering their Arab allies of the Ghatafan for support until
the very last minute, when one of their chieftains, named Kinanah, learned
that the Prophet and his army had set out from Medina. Once again the
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Jews offered the Ghatafan a handsome bribe and four thousand from the
Ghatafan prepared themselves in readiness to lend their support to the
already ten thousand strong Jewish army against the relatively small army
of just one thousand, six hundred Muslims.