Abraha marches from Yemen with an elephant to destroy the Kaaba. Birds pelt his army with stones. The Year of the Elephant.
Abraha
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
Quran 105:1-5
Source: Quran, Seerah ·
Borders come from the open historical-basemaps project (GPL-3.0) and are approximate. Dates before 1000 BCE are estimates, and for the earliest prophets the Quran gives the order of events but not their years. Sources: the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari, the Seerah of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya, and standard histories. See also the villains of Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal.
