Battle of Ajnadayn

When

634

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.68° N, 34.95° E

Description

7th-century battle in the Levant

634 CE Arab-Byzantine conflict

The Battle of Ajnadayn was fought in July or August 634, in a location close to Bayt Jibrin; it was the first major pitched battle between the Byzantine (Roman) Empire and the army of the Arab Rashidun Caliphate. The result of the battle was a decisive Muslim victory. The details of this battle are mostly known through Muslim sources, such as the ninth-century historian al-Waqidi.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Ajnadayn: Byzantine forces (90,000 men according to Muslim sources) under Theodore are defeated by the Rashidun Caliphate near Beit Shemesh…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ecnadeyn Muharebesi: Theodore komutasındaki Bizans kuvvetleri (Müslüman kaynaklara göre 90.000 asker)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد اجنادین: نیروهای بیزانس (۹۰٬۰۰۰ نفر طبق منابع مسلمان) به فرماندهی تئودور توسط خلافت راشدین در نزدیکی بیت شمش شکست خوردند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “伊斯蘭教歷史上的第一任哈里發阿布·伯克爾指揮穆斯林軍隊進入敘利亞地區，在阿季奈迪恩戰役擊敗拜占廷帝國軍隊，後發兵直取敍利亞首都大馬士革。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Muslim conquest of the Levant633 · War