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Muslim conquest of the Levant
Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars

Scene of the Roman Theatre at Palmyra, 2005
Date634–638 CE
Location
Levant:[a] at that time Diocese of the East under the Praetorian prefecture of the East
Result Muslim victory
Territorial
changes
Annexation of the Levant by the Rashidun Caliphate
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate Byzantine Empire
Ghassanids
Tanukhids
Commanders and leaders
  • Abu Bakr
  • Umar ibn al-Khattab
  • Khalid ibn al-Walid
  • Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah
  • Amr ibn al-As
  • Uqba ibn Nafi
  • Yazid ibn Abu Sufyan
  • Shurahbil ibn Hassana
  • Iyad ibn Ghanm
  • Muawiyah I
  • Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl
  • Heraclius
  • Jabalah ibn al-Aiham
  • Theodore Trithyrius 
  • Vahan 
  • Vardan
  • Thomas
  • Buccinator
  • Gregory

The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Arabic: فَتْحُ الشَّام, romanized: Fath aş-Şâm; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria,[1] was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate. A part of the wider Arab-Byzantine Wars, the Levant was brought under Arab Muslim rule and developed into the provincial region of Bilad al-Sham. Clashes between the Arabs and Byzantines on the southern Levantine borders of the Byzantine Empire had occurred during the lifetime of Muhammad, with the Battle of Muʿtah in 629 CE. However, the actual conquest did not begin until 634, two years after Muhammad's death. It was led by the first two Rashidun caliphs who succeeded Muhammad: Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al-Khattab. During this time, Khalid ibn al-Walid was the most important leader of the Rashidun army.


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  1. ^ Sharon, M. (2007). "The decisive battles in the Arab Conquest of Syria". Studia Orientalia Electronica. Vol. 101. pp. 297–358.

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