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What if, during the Siege of Medina, it slips Salman's mind that in his native Persia trenches were used to counter cavalry? Mohammad's forces were outnumbered three to one, and although a few months previously he'd managed to turn around a predicament with similar proportions, it's not certain he'd be able to manage a repeat performance- especially seeing as that previous battle, at Badr, involved only a tenth as many men. So, what if, due to the lack of an effective way to counter Persian cavalry, the Battle at Medina is lost. To make it more interesting, what if Mohammad is killed in the battle. What happens afterward? Does Islam get nipped in the bud, or is the genie already out of the bottle? Is Mohammad seen as a martyr, or a threat to the peace? Does Islam spread along trade routes, or remain a local phenomenon, eventually withering away altogether? If it spreads, what happens in Persia and Byzantium?
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