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The siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was part of the Muslim conquest of the Levant and the result of the military efforts of the Rashidun Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire in the year 636–637/38. It began when the Rashidun army, under the command of Abu Ubayda, besieged Jerusalem beginning in November 636. After six months, Patriarch Sophronius agreed to surrender, on condition that he submit only to the caliph. In 637 or 638, Caliph Umar traveled to Jerusalem in person to receive the submission of the city. The patriarch thus surrendered to him.
The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah was an armed conflict which took place in 636 CE between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire. It occurred during the early Muslim conquests and marked a decisive victory for the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquest of Persia.
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- ↑ Nicolle 1994, p. 44.
- ↑ Nicolle 2009, p. 51.
- ↑ Nicolle 1994, p. 43.
- ↑ Nafziger, George F.; Walton, Mark W. (2003). Islam at War. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 0-275-98101-0.
- ↑ Nicolle 1994, pp. 6, 19.
- ↑ Kirby 2000, p. 51.
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- Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings (revised ed.). Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
- Nicolle, David (1994). Yarmuk 636 AD: The Muslim conquest of Syria. London: Osprey. ISBN 1-85532-414-8.
- Nicolle, David (2009). The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750. Bloomsbury USA. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-84603-273-8.