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al-Ladhiqiyya (Latakia)

اللاذقية

A coastal city of Syria's seaboard; Ubada ibn al-Samit (may God be pleased with him) took it by force through the trench ruse — it had a great gate a host could not open — and the Muslims built a congregational mosque at his command; the Byzantines demolished it in a sea-raid in year 100 carrying off its people, and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ordered it rebuilt and fortified, Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik completing it.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Overview

Latakia is a coastal city on the coasts of Syria, and it was among the districts of the military region of Homs. 1

Al-Baladhuri reports that Ubada ibn al-Samit conquered it by force, by the ruse of the pits, since it had a great gate that the group could not open. The Muslims built a congregational mosque in it by his command. 1

Then the Romans destroyed it in a sea raid in the year 100 AH and took its people captive. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ordered it rebuilt and fortified, and Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik completed it. 1

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Site of
The earthquake of Antioch and Latakia· The Conquest of al-Ladhiqiyya· The great Levantine coast earthquake, 811
Part of
Hims (Emesa)

People and things also explored

the Khalid shrine outside Homs· The Conquest of Hims· The Conquest of Syria· Saladin takes Homs and Hama· The second battle of Homs, 680· Abdel Daim Kaheel· Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah· al-Malik al-Mansur b. Shirkuh

Sources

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