At a glance
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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5steps · 30min · newcomer · student
The command
أبو عبيدة وخالد ويزيد وشرحبيل: جيوش أربعة.
Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah · Khalid ibn al-Walid · Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan · Shurahbil ibn Hasana
The cities
بصرى أولًا ثم دمشق بعد حصارين.
Yarmouk
636: المعركة التي أنهت ألف سنة رومانية.
Homs and beyond
الشمال يفتح: حمص وقنسرين وحلب.
Jerusalem
المدينة تستسلم للخليفة: العهدة العمرية.
Conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) · Conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)
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Overview
A path through the conquests of 'Umar: Busra, Damascus and Homs are opened, al-Yarmuk settles the matter with the Byzantines, and Jerusalem surrenders to the caliph himself.
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islam.museum contributors. “The Conquest of Syria”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-conquest-syria/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.