Battle of Fahl

Battle of Fahl

Date	January 635 AD (13 AH)
Location	Fahl, Jordan Valley, Syria
Result	Decisive Rashidun Caliphate victory
Territorial changes	Palestine, Jordan and Southern Syria annexed by Rashidun Caliphate

Belligerents

Commanders

Khalid ibn al-Walid
Shurahbil bin Hassana

Heraclius
Sacellarius (Saqalar)

Strength

30,000

80,000

Casualties and losses

Low

10,000

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Early Conflicts
Mutah – Tabouk – Dathin – Firaz
Arab Conquest of Roman Syria
Qarteen – Bosra – Ajnadayn – Marj-al-Rahit – Fahl – Damascus - Maraj-al-Debaj - Emesa - Yarmouk – Jerusalem - Hazir – Aleppo
Arab Conquest of Roman Egypt
Heliopolis – Nikiou
Umayyad Conquest of North Africa
Carthage
Arab Invasions of Anatolia and Constantinople
Iron Bridge - Kahramanmaraş – Masts – 1st Constantinople – Syllaeum – 2nd Constantinople – Akroinon
Arab Campaigns in Southern Italy
Later Byzantine Campaigns

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Conquest of Arabia
Uhud – 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 Roman Syria
Firaz – Qarteen – Bosra – Ajnadayn – Marj-al-Rahit – Fahl – Damascus - Maraj-al-Debaj - Emesa - Yarmouk - Jerusalem – Hazir - Aleppo
Campaigns in Anatolia
Iron Bridge - Kahramanmaraş

The Battle of Fahl was a Byzantine-Arab battle fought between the Rashidun army 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.