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Medieval era · 635 CE

Battle of Fahl

The Battle of Fahl (Arabic: يوم فحل, romanized: Yawm Faḥl), also known as the Battle of the Marshes (Yawm al-Radagha) and the Battle of Beisan (Yawm Baysān), was a major battle in the Muslim conquest of Byzantine Syria fought by the Arab troops of the Rashidun Caliphate and Byzantine forces at or near Pella (Fahl) and nearby Scythopolis (Beisan), both in the Jordan Valley, in December 634 or January 635.

Battle of Fahl
Battle of Fahl · Jean Housen, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
635 CE
Where
Jordan River
Era
Medieval

Topics

Lebanon332 BCE – todayJordan190 CE – today

Before and after

Siege of Damascus634 CESiege of Emesa635 CE – 636 CEShow on timeline

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