Battle of the Iron Bridge

Battle of the Iron Bridge
	Part of the Muslim conquest of Syria; (Arab–Byzantine wars)
	; The Orontes River at its passage in Antioch; the battle was fought near this river
Date	October 637 AD
Location	Gephyra near Antioch, Roman Syria
Result	Muslim victory; Antioch conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate;
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate	Byzantine Empire,; Christian Arabs
Commanders and leaders
Khalid ibn al-Walid; Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah	Unknown
Strength
17,000	15,000–20,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of the Iron Bridge was fought between the Muslim Rashidun army and the Byzantine army in 637 AD. The battle, which the Muslims won, took its name from a nearby nine-arch stone bridge over the Orontes River (also known as Jisr al-Hadid), which had gates trimmed with iron blades. It was one of the last battles fought between the Byzantines and Rashidun Caliphate in the province of Syria. In the aftermath of the battle, the province's capital, Antioch, fell, marking the near-complete annexation of the province into the Rashidun Caliphate.