Siege of Damascus (634)
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The siege of Damascus 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 conq
Kisan Gate, one of the six ancient gates of Damascus.
Wall of Damascus at the Thomas gate. Although now only 7 metres (23 feet) high, it was 11 m (36 ft) high at the time of the siege. Damascus has risen 4 m (13 ft) since then.
Remains of the Eastern gate. Khalid's troops entered Damascus through this gate.
The dome of Damascus' treasury in the Umayyad Mosque
Muslim conquest of Syria
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The Rashidun Caliphate conquered Byzantine Syria between 634–638 CE as part of the Arab–Byzantine wars and the wider Muslim conquests.
Siege of Damascus (634)
…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. The last of the Roman–Persian Wars ended in 628, after Heraclius concluded a successful campaign against the Persians in Mesopotamia. At the same time…
Scene of the Roman Theatre at Palmyra, 2005.
The Monastery of the Temptation, built by the Byzantines in the 6th century over the cave where Jesus spent forty days fasting.
The Roman road between the northern Syrian cities of Antioch and Qinnasrin, which the Muslims captured in c. 637