Battle of Qarteen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Editing of this article has been temporarily disabled or restricted.
If you cannot edit this page, you may discuss changes or request unprotection.
The protection of this page has been set to automatically expire; please remove this notice if you are sure protection has expired.

Battle of Qarteen

Part of Campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid

Date	june 634 A.D
Location	Syria
Result	Decisive MuslimVictory

Combatants

Muslims

Christian Arabs

Commanders

Khalid ibn al-Walid

Strength

9,000

unknown but less than Muslims

Casualties

very Few

Unknown but more than Muslims.

Campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid
Conquest of Arabia Uhud – Trench – Mu'tah – Mecca – Hunayn – Ta'if Ridda Wars Yamama – Zafar – Daumat-ul-Jandal – Buzakha – Ghamra – Naqra Conquest of the Persian Empire Chains – River – Walaja – Ullais – Hira – Al-Anbar – Ein-ul-tamr – Daumat-ul-Jandal – 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

Byzantine-Arab Wars
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

After Khalid ibn Walid conquered Tadmur his army marched to Qaryatain, the inhabitants of which resisted the Muslims. They were fought, defeated and plundered.