Arab conquest of Mesopotamia
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title:
Arab conquest of Mesopotamia
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The Arab conquest of Mesopotamia was carried out by the Rashidun Caliphate from 633 to 638 AD. The Arab Muslim forces of Caliph Umar first attacked Sasanian territory in 633, when Khalid ibn al-Walid invaded Mesopotamia, which was the political and economic centre of the Sasanian state. From 634 to 636 AD, following the transfer of Khalid to the Byzantine front in the Levant, the hold of Arab forces on the region weakened under the pressure of Sasanian counterattacks. A second major Arab offensi
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633–638 AD invasion of the Sasanid Empire by the Rashidun Caliphate
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_conquest_of_Mesopotamia
date created:
2013-01-29T06:37:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T22:03:18Z
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