Muslim conquest of the Levant

الفتح الإسلامي للشام

634 CE · 13 AH† – 638 CE · 17 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Draft card for the Muslim conquest of the Levant, the Rashidun campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid (may God be pleased with him), Abu Ubayda and Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (may God be pleased with him) from Ajnadayn to Yarmouk and the surrender of Jerusalem, 634–638; its sources are not yet checked on the page.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate

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Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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