Battle of Dathin: Rashidun forces under Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan defeat the Christian Arabs around Gaza

When

4 Feb 634

Kind

Event

Coordinates

31.51° N, 34.46° E

Placed at the town its text puts it in, Gaza City.

Battle of Dathin: Rashidun forces under Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan defeat the Christian Arabs around Gaza. The Muslim victory is celebrated by the local Jews, who have been a persecuted minority within the Byzantine Empire.

• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dathin Muharebesi: Yezid bin Ebu Süfyan komutasındaki Raşidun kuvvetleri, Gazze çevresinde Bizans kuvvetlerini yendi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Dathin zwischen dem Islamischen Kalifat und den christlichen Verbündeten des Oströmischen Reichs endet mit einem Sieg der Araber”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page