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Siege of Jerusalem (637)
Part of the Muslim conquest of Syria and the Byzantine-Arab Wars
The Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, is said to be the third most sacred site of the Muslims.
Date November 636 – April 637 A.D Location Jerusalem Result Rashidun victory, Jerusalem captured by Rashidun Caliphate.
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire	Rashidun Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Patriarch Sophronius	Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah Khalid ibn al-Walid Yazid ibn Abu Sufyan Amr ibn al-A'as Sharjeel ibn Hassana
Strength
~20,000	unknown

Jerusalem was besieged and captured by the Rashidun army in 637 CE during the Islamic invasion of the Byzantine Empire, shortly after the decisive defeat of the Byzantine army at the Battle of Yarmouk. Rashidun army under Abu Ubaidah besieged Jerusalem in November 636. After a prolonged siege of six months, Patriarch Sophronius agreed to surrender the city but only to caliph himself. In April 637, Caliph Umar personally came to Jerusalem to receive its submission. The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem solidified the Arab control over Palestine, which would not again be threatened until the Crusades. The city of Jerusalem came to be regarded as a holy site by Islam as well as the earlier major religions of Christianity and Judaism. It was after the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem that the Jews were allowed to live and practice their religion freely in Jerusalem by Caliph Umar after nearly 500 years of expulsion from the Holy Land by the Romans.^[1]