The siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was part of the Muslim conquest of the Levant and the result of the military efforts of the Rashidun Caliphate against...
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Siege of Jerusalem, fall of Jerusalem, or sack of Jerusalem may refer to: Siege of Jebus (1010 BC), a siege by David, king of the United Kingdom of Israel...
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in 629 CE. Jerusalem was captured by the Rashidun Caliphate in 637 CE as part of the Siege of Jerusalem (636–637). Depiction of Jerusalem in the Byzantine...
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Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (redirect from Book of Jihad)
territories since the Siege of Jerusalem (636–637). In 1105 al-Sulami published his treatise, Kitab al-Jihad ("Book of Struggle" or "Book of Jihad"), and preached...
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Empire at the Battle of Nineveh (627). Heraclius personally returns the True Cross to the city. 636–637: Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) Arabian Caliph Umar...
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Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah (redirect from Expedition of Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah)
Umar arrived with Jerusalem formally surrendering on April 637. After capture of Jerusalem, the Muslim armies separated once again. Yazid's corps went...
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Levant Siege of Emesa (635) – Muslim conquest of the Levant Siege of Laodicea (636) – Muslim conquest of the Levant Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) – Muslim...
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Shurahbil ibn Hasana (category People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant)
Muslim generals after a siege of several years. Shurahbil died in 639 in the Plague of Amwas in central Palestine along with another of the four main Muslim...
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Year 637 (DCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 637 for this year has been used since the early medieval...
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The Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) by the forces of the Rashid Caliph Umar against the Byzantines began in November 636. For four months, the siege continued...
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all of Syria, was then in Muslim hands (Britannica: Palestine – Roman Palestine). See Battle of Yarmouk, Siege of Jerusalem (636–637), Battle of Dathin...
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conquest of Jerusalem was a significant event in the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, having taken place in early 614. After the conquest of Jerusalem and...
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Battle of Fahl – 635 – Muslim conquest of the Levant (Arab–Byzantine wars) Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) – 636 – 637 or 638 – Muslim conquest of the Levant...
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accept the surrender of Jerusalem in April 637. Umar appointed his close advisor Ali to hold the lieutenancy of Medina. After Jerusalem, the Muslim armies...
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Khalid ibn al-Walid (category People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant)
Byzantines) and besieged the city probably in the winter of 636–637. The siege held amid a number of sorties by the Byzantine defenders and the city capitulated...
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Aelia Capitolina (category Ancient history of Jerusalem)
on the ruins of Jerusalem, which had been almost totally razed after the siege of 70 CE. This act marked a significant transformation of the city from...
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Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (category People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant)
part in the siege of Damascus, beginning in 634. Following the fall of city in 635, or later in 637, Yazid became the deputy governor of Damascus under...
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Bilad al-Sham (category Geography of the Middle East)
(military districts; singular jund) of Dimashq (Damascus), Hims (Homs), al-Urdunn (Jordan), and Filastin (Palestine), between 637 and 640 by Caliph Umar following...
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Arab–Byzantine wars (category Invasions of Europe)
637 the Arabs, after a long siege, captured Jerusalem, which was surrendered by Patriarch Sophronius. In the summer of 637, the Muslims conquered Gaza...
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victories pertinently ended Byzantine rule south of Anatolia, and Jerusalem fell in April 637 after a prolonged siege, Umar personally came to receive the key...
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Burdigalense. November 636. The Siege of Jerusalem begins as part of the Muslim conquest of the Levant. The city surrenders in 637, remaining under Muslim rule...
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Battle of Ajnadayn Battle of Fahl Siege of Damascus Battle of Maraj-al-Debaj 635–636 – Siege of Emesa 636 – Battle of Yarmouk 637 – Siege of Jerusalem Battle...
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Battle of Fahl. 636: Battle of Yarmuk, Battle of al-Qādisiyyah, Conquest of Madain. Naval raid by Muslims on at Tanah, near Mumbai. 637: Conquest of Syria...
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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (category History of the foreign relations of China)
of the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon in 636. After the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the Siege of Ctesiphon (637), Sa'd served as the supreme commander of...
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Islam in Palestine (redirect from Islamization of Palestine)
conquered Jerusalem, held by the Byzantine Romans, in November, 636. For four months the siege continued. Ultimately, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Sophronius...
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636 Battle of al-Qādisiyyah January–March 637 Siege of Ctesiphon April 637 Battle of Jalula 633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia April 633 Battle of River...
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714462 The siege of Emesa was laid by the forces of Rashidun Caliphate from December 635 up until March 636. This led to the Islamic conquest of Emesa, which...
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Temple Mount (redirect from History of the Temple Mount)
after the city's capture in 637 CE: the main praying hall of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, near the center of the hill, which was completed...
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romanized: Nabard-e Qâdisiyeh) was an armed conflict which took place in 636 CE between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire. It occurred during...
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