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Name: Conquest of Syria

Type: Event

Start: 634 AD

End: 635 AD

Parent: Muslim conquest of the Levant

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Conquest of Syria from the Byantines by the Rashidun Caliphate.

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  • April 634: Arab commander ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ conquers Elat.
  • May 634: Abū ʿUbayda and Shuraḥbīl continued their march and in early May 634 they reached the region between Bosra and al-Jābiya.
  • June 634: Khalid was then immediately dispatched to the Syrian front. The leader moved from Hira, Iraq, at the beginning of June 634. After crossing the desert, Khalid's army arrived on the Syrian front at Tadmur (Palmyra), in central Syria, at the beginning of June.
  • July 634: Battles of Qaryatayn and Ḥuwwārīn.
  • July 634: The Muslims, led by the Rashidun Caliphate, defeated the Byzantines in the battle of Ajnadayn on July 30, 634. The battle was a significant victory for the Muslims, led by the military commander Khalid ibn al-Walid, against the Byzantine Empire.
  • September 634: The city of Damascus was besieged for 30 days by the Rashidun Caliphate in 634. It was conquered by the Muslim forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid, a prominent military commander and companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
  • January 635: The Rashidun Caliphate needed six years to conquer the entire Arabian Peninsula (628-634).
  • January 635: Battle of Fahl.

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