Battle of Fahl
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| Battle of Fahl | |||||||||
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| Part of Byzantine-Arab Wars and Campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid |
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| Combatants | |||||||||
| Muslim Arabs | Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders | |||||||||
| Khalid ibn al-Walid | Heraclius Saqalar |
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 30,000 | 80,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties | |||||||||
| Unknown | 10,000 | ||||||||
| Byzantine-Arab Wars |
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| Mutah – Tabouk – Dathin – Firaz - Qarteen – Bosra – Ajnadayn – Marj-al-Rahit – Fahl - Yarmouk – Hazir – Aleppo – Iron Bridge - Nikiou – 1st Constantinople – Syllaeum – That Al-Sawari – Carthage – 2nd Constantinople – Akroinon |
| Campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid |
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| Conquest of Arabia Uhud – Trench – Mu'tah – Mecca – Hunayn – Ta'if Ridda Wars Yamama – Zafar – Buzakha – Ghamra – Naqra Conquest of the Persian Empire Chains – River – Walaja – Hira – Al-Anbar – Ein-ul-tamr – Daumat-ul-Jandal – Ullais – Muzayyah – Saniyy – Zumail – Firaz Conquest of the Eastern Roman Empire Mu'tah – Firaz – Qarteen – Bosra – Ajnadayn – Marj-al-Rahit – Fahl – Yarmouk – Hazir – Aleppo – Iron Bridge |
The Battle of Fahl was a Byzantine-Arab battle fought between the Muslim Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid (The Sword of Allah) and the Roman Empire under Heraclius and Salaqar, in Fahl along the Jordan Valley of Syria in January 635 AD (13 AH). The result was a decisive victory for Khalid ibn al-Walid and the Muslim conquest of the Roman territories of Palestine, Jordan and Southern Syria.
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- A.I. Akram (1970). The Sword of Allah: Khalid bin al-Waleed, His Life and Campaigns. Nat. Publishing House. Rawalpindi. ISBN 0-71010-104-X.
