Battle of Fahl

When

Jan 635

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

32.45° N, 35.62° E

Description

Arab–Byzantine battle fought in January 635 AD

Part of Muslim Conquest of Levant

The Battle of Fahl, also known as the Battle of the Marshes and the Battle of Beisan, was a major battle in the Muslim conquest of Byzantine Syria fought by the Arab troops of the Rashidun Caliphate and Byzantine forces at or near Pella (Fahl) and nearby Scythopolis (Beisan), both in the Jordan Valley, in December 634 or January 635.

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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 Fahl: The Rashidun army, (30,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid (known as the "Drawn Sword of God")”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Fahl Muharebesi: Halid bin Velid komutasındaki Raşidun ordusu (30.000 asker)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Islamische Expansion: In der Schlacht von Fahl bei Pella besiegen die Araber unter Chālid ibn al-Walīd das Byzantinische Reich”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد فحل: ارتش رشیدون (۳۰٬۰۰۰ نفر) به فرماندهی خالد بن ولید (معروف به «شمشیر کشیده خدا»)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Muslim conquest of the Levant633 · War