Battle of Ajnadayn
The Battle of Ajnadayn (Arabic: معركة أجنادين) was fought in July or August 634 (Jumada I or II, 13 AH), in a location close to Beit Guvrin in the present-day Palestine region; it was the first major pitched battle between the Byzantine (Roman) Empire and the army of the Arab Rashidun Caliphate. The result of the battle was a decisive Muslim victory. The details of this battle are mostly known through Muslim sources, such as the ninth-century historian al-Waqidi.
| Battle of Ajnadayn | |||||||||
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| Part of the Muslim conquest of Syria (Arab–Byzantine wars) | |||||||||
Wadi al-Simt valley (pictured in 2014), identified as the battlefield of Ajnadayn | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Byzantine Empire | Rashidun Caliphate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Vardan † Theodore |
Khalid ibn al-Walid Amr ibn al-As Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah Shurahbil ibn Hasana Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan Ubadah ibn al-Samit | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| max. 40,000 – ca. 60,000 | max. 10,000 – ca. 20,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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50,000 (Al-Waqidi), Modern estimates unknown. |
575 (Al-Waqidi) Modern estimates unknown. | ||||||||
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