What the records say
- When
- 24 Aug 634 – 22 Sep 634
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 33.51° N, 36.29° E
- Description
- 634 battle during the Muslim conquest of Syria
Siege of Damascus (634)
Part of the Muslim Conquest of Syria
The siege of Damascus (634) lasted from 21 August to 19 September 634 before the city fell to the Rashidun Caliphate. Damascus was the first major city of the Eastern Roman Empire to fall in the Muslim conquest of Syria.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “محاصره دمشق: اعراب مسلمان به رهبری خالد، دمشق را به عنوان اولین شهر بزرگ امپراتوری بیزانس فتح کردند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page