| Muslim conquest of Syria | |||||||||
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| Part of the Muslim conquests and Byzantine-Arab Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Byzantine Roman Empire Ghassanid Kingdom | Rashidun Caliphate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Heraclius Vardan Thomas Jabalah Ibn Al-Aiham Theodorus Trithurius Vahan Buccinator Gregory |
Khalid ibn al-Walid Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah Amr ibn al-A'as Yazid ibn Abu Sufyan Shurahbil ibn Hassana | ||||||||
The Muslim conquest of Syria occurred in the first half of the 7th century,[1] and refers to the region known as the Bilad al-Sham, the Levant, or Greater Syria. Arab forces had appeared on the southern borders even before the death of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in 632, such as the Battle of Mu'tah in 629, but the real invasion began in 634 under his successors, the Rashidun Caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar ibn Khattab, with Khalid ibn al-Walid as its most important military leader.[1]