Amr ibn al-As
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Amr ibn al-As ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi was an Arab commander and companion of Muhammad who led the Muslim conquest of Egypt and served as its governor in 640–646 and 658–664. The son of a wealthy Qurayshite
The Amr ibn al-As Mosque in Fustat (Old Cairo), Egypt
The ravines of the Yarmouk River where Amr kept the Byzantines confined at the decisive Battle of Yarmouk in 636
Amr initially halted his campaign at the Babylon Fortress (pictured in 2008), but ultimately forced its Byzantine garrison to evacuate in April 641 after a lengthy siege.
The courtyard of the Amr ibn al-As Mosque in 2013. The mosque was originally founded by Amr in 641 but was redesigned and expanded significantly over the next several centuries.
Battle of the Yarmuk
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The Battle of the Yarmuk was a major battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate near the Yarmouk River in Byzantine Syria that marked a crucial point in the Muslim conquest of Syri
Amr ibn al-As
…Palestine, to which he was appointed governor, and helped lead the Arabs to decisive victories over the Byzantines at the battles of Ajnadayn and the Yarmuk in 634 and 636. Amr launched the expedition that conquered Egypt on his own initiative in late 639, defeating the Byzantines in a string of victories…
Illustration of the Battle of Yarmuk by an anonymous Catalan illustrator (c. 1310 – 1325)