suku-suku yahudi dikabarkan datang ke hijaz pada saat peperangan yahudi-romawi dan memperkenalkan agribudaya, menempatkan mereka dalam posisi dominan secara budaya, ekonomi dan politik.peters, muhammad and the origins of islam, p. 192f.
namun, pada abad ke-5, banu aws dan banu khazraj, dua suku arab yang datang dari yaman, mengambil alih dominasi.
ketika dua suku tersebut terlibat dalam berkonflik dengan satu sama lain, suku-suku arab, sekarang klien-klien atau sekutu-sekutu dari bangsa arab, pada pihak yang berbeda, qurayza berpihak dengan aws.watt, "muhammad", in: the cambridge history of islam.
pada 622, nabi islam muhammad datang ke yathrib dari mekkah dan dikabarkan mendirikan sebuah pakta antara partai-partai yang berkonflik.alford welch, encyclopaedia of islam, "muhammad".
ketika kota tersebut membangun dirinya sendiri pada perang dengan suku mekkah asli muhammad quraysh, ketegangan antara jumlah petumbuhan komunitas muslim dan yahudi meningkat.
pada 627, ketika pasukan mekkah dan para sekutunya mengepung kota tersebut dalam pertempuran trench, dan runtuh, qurayza dikatakan mengecam sebuah traktat dengan nabi islam muhammad dengan beraliansi dengan suku-suku yang menyerang, untuk menyerang kaum muslim dari belakang ketika terjadi serangan para penyerang lainnya dari depan.
namun, sumber-sumber lainnya menyatakan bahwa banu qurayza tidak ada niatan untuk melakukan tindakan tersebut.watt in encyclopedia of islam, banu qurayza articlethe cambridge history of islam, p.49
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