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In 636 AD, after protracted skirmishing and minor engagements the Arab and Byzantine armies faced each other on the banks of the Yarmuk river. The Byzantines were initially successful, driving back the Arab right wing. Finally, though, the Arab counter-attacks broke the Byzantine lines and the subsequent pursuit became a rout. The awful fate of the fleeing Byzantine soldiers was remembered for several generations until it was recorded in early Islamic histories. David Nicolle not only looks at the battle itself but also the whole decisive Arab campaign from the Muslim invasion of 633/4 to the fall of Byzantine Syria.

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Origins of the Campaign/The Opposing Leaders/The Opposing Armies/The Opposing Plans/The Campaign/Aftermath and Reckoning/The Battlefields Today/Chronology/A Guide to Further Reading/Wargaming Yarmuk

Yarmuk AD 636: The Muslim conquest of Syria

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 26/05/1994
      ISBN13: 9781855324145, 978-1855324145
      ISBN10: 1855324148

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 636 AD, after protracted skirmishing and minor engagements the Arab and Byzantine armies faced each other on the banks of the Yarmuk river. The Byzantines were initially successful, driving back the Arab right wing. Finally, though, the Arab counter-attacks broke the Byzantine lines and the subsequent pursuit became a rout. The awful fate of the fleeing Byzantine soldiers was remembered for several generations until it was recorded in early Islamic histories. David Nicolle not only looks at the battle itself but also the whole decisive Arab campaign from the Muslim invasion of 633/4 to the fall of Byzantine Syria.

      Table of Contents
      Origins of the Campaign/The Opposing Leaders/The Opposing Armies/The Opposing Plans/The Campaign/Aftermath and Reckoning/The Battlefields Today/Chronology/A Guide to Further Reading/Wargaming Yarmuk

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