The Battle of Mecca

In 629, the people of Mecca paid and equipped the tribe of Banu Bakr to raid and attack a tribe that was allied to the Muslims. When Muhammad heard about this, he demanded that the Mecca's pay some sort of blood money or disavow themselves from the raiding tribe. Or, option number three was to declare the treaty of Huda Bia to be null and void. The Mecca's went for the last option, but they didn't realize their mistake until it was too late. This played right into Muhammad's hand. He no longer was constrained from attacking his old enemy without suffering the loss of some sort of diplomatic credibility. In late 629, he marched his forces on