What the records say
- When
- Aug 637 – Oct 637
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 36.20° N, 37.16° E
- Description
- 637 siege during the Byzantine-Arab wars
Siege of Aleppo (637)
637 CE siege of Byzantine Syrian city by the Rashidun Caliphate
The siege of Aleppo, the Byzantine stronghold and one of the few remaining Byzantine castles in the northern Levant after the decisive Battle of Yarmouk, was laid between August and October 637.
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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 “Siege of Aleppo: Muslim Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid conquer the Byzantine stronghold Aleppo; the large walled city surrenders after a four-month siege”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Halep Kuşatması gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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