Battle of Ajnadayn
| Battle of Ajnadayn | |||||||||
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| Part of the Muslim conquest of Syria (Arab–Byzantine wars) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Byzantine Empire | Rashidun Caliphate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Vardan † Aretion Theodore Vahan A cubicularius † |
Khalid ibn al-Walid Amr ibn al-As Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah Shurahbil ibn Hasana Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan Ubadah ibn al-Samit Dhiraar ibn al-Azwar | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Max. 40,000 (Primary sources) c. 20,000 (Modern estimates) | Max. 500 – c. 20,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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50,000 killed (Primary arab sources) 1,700 killed, 5,000 wounded (modern estimates) | 5,000 (Primary arab sources) | ||||||||
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 Bayt Jibrin; 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.