Battle of Sanita-al-Uqab
Battle of Sanita-al-Uqab | |||||||
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Part of the Arab-Byzantine Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Rashidun Caliphate | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Khalid ibn al-Walid | Unknown |
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- Bosra
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The Battle of Sanita-al-Uqab (Arabic: معركة ثنية العقاب) was fought in 634 between forces of the Rashidun Caliphate led by Khalid ibn al-Walid against a Byzantine force sent by Byzantine Emperor Heraclius to relieve the besieged garrison of Damascus. Leading up to the battle, the Caliphate forces had intended to isolate the city of Damascus from the rest of the region; Khalid placed detachments in the south on the road to Palestine and in the north on the Damascus-Emesa route, and several other smaller detachments on routes towards Damascus. These detachments were to act as scouts and as delaying forces against Byzantine reinforcements. Heraclius's reinforcements were intercepted, and though they initially gained the upper hand, were routed at the al Uqab (Eagle) Pass when Khalid personally arrived with reinforcements.[1]
References
- ^ The History of al-Tabari Vol. 26: The Waning of the Umayyad Caliphate
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