Battle of Fahl
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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 a
The ruins of Pella
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
Battle of Fahl
…contingent led by ten lieutenant commanders with Abu'l-A'war at their head to attack Fahl. There, some remnants of the defeated Byzantines troops from the Battle of the Yarmuk, a major battle fought on the banks of the Yarmuk River north of Fahl, had gathered. The Muslim force besieged the city, while Abu Ubayda headed off…
Illustration of the Battle of Yarmuk by an anonymous Catalan illustrator (c. 1310 – 1325)
Across the ravines lies the battlefield of Yarmuk, about 8 miles away from here, in Jordan