Sunda Trench Sunda Trench The Sunda Trench, earlier known as and sometimes still indicated as the Java Trench, is an oceanic trench located in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra, formed where the Australian-Capricorn plates subduct under a part of the Eurasian Plate. It is long. Its maximum depth (at 10°19'S, 109°58'E, about 320 km south of Yogyakarta), is the deepest point in the Indian Ocean. The trench stretches from the Lesser Sunda Islands past Java, around the southern coast of Sumatra on to the Andaman Islands, and forms the boundary between Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian plate (more specifically, Sunda Plate). The trench
Battle of the Trench the Banu Qurayza tribe, leading to their surrender and enslavement or execution. The defeat caused the Meccans to lose their trade and much of their prestige. The battle is named after "trench", or "khandaq", that was dug by Muslims in preparation for the battle. The word "khandaq" () is the Arabised form of the Persian word "kandak" (meaning "that which has been dug"). Salman farsi the Persian advised Muhammad to dig a trench around the city. The battle is also referred to as the "Battle of Confederates" (). The Qur'an uses the term "confederates" () in sura "Al-Ahzab" to denote