Siege of Alexandria (641)

Siege of Alexandria (641)
Part of the Muslim conquest of Egypt
(Arab–Byzantine Wars)

Western tower, remains of the Hellenistic city wall fortifications.
DateMarch 641 – September 641
Location31°12′0.00″N 29°55′0.01″E / 31.2000000°N 29.9166694°E / 31.2000000; 29.9166694
Result Rashidun victory
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Amr ibn al-A'as
'Ubadah ibn al-Samit
Cyrus of Alexandria
Theodore
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
Siege of Alexandria (641) is located in Egypt
Siege of Alexandria (641)
Location within Egypt

Forces of the Rashidun Caliphate seized the major Mediterranean port of Alexandria away from the Eastern Roman Empire in the middle of the 7th century AD. Alexandria had been the capital of the Byzantine province of Egypt. This ended Eastern Roman maritime control and economic dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean and thus continued to shift geopolitical power further in favor of the Rashidun Caliphate.