Siege of Alexandria

When

Mar 641 – Sep 641

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

31.20° N, 29.92° E

Description

641 siege

641 battle between the Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate

Forces of the Rashidun Caliphate seized the major Mediterranean port of Alexandria from the Eastern Roman Empire in the middle of the 7th century AD. Alexandria had been the capital of the Byzantine province of Egypt. This ended Eastern Roman maritime control and economic dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean and thus continued to shift geopolitical power further in favor of the Rashidun Caliphate.

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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 “The Muslim conquest of Egypt continues, with the siege of Alexandria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “محاصره اسکندریه: اعراب مسلمان به رهبری عمرو بن العاص پس از شش ماه محاصره، اسکندریه را تصرف کردند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page