Al Fath Mosque

Al Fath Mosque in Medina marks the hillock where Muhammad kept his command post during the 627 Battle of the Trench, after ten thousand men from Mecca and allied tribes found a ditch, borrowed from a Persian companion's idea, cutting off the city's exposed northern edge. This guide follows the weeks-long standoff between a vastly outnumbered Medina and its besiegers, the cold and thinning supplies on both sides, and the days Muhammad reportedly spent praying without stopping from this rise. It also notes the mosque was rebuilt in Umayyad times, then again in 1154, though the rise itself has not moved.