Caravan raids

Caravan raids are a surprise attack or incursion by a hostile force on a caravan, a group of merchants, pilgrims, or travelers journeying together.

Examples

Caravan raids have been described as a characteristic risk for travelers in the 19th-century Sahara desert^[1] and Kazakh Steppe.^[2] Caravan raids were also a risk for Hajj caravans through various historical periods, from the Crusades to the Ottoman period.^[3][4]

See also

• Early Muslim–Meccan conflict