The March from Medina: A Revisionist Study of the Arab Conquests |
Contents
VICTORIES BEYOND THE ARABIAN FRONTIER | 56 |
CONCLUSION | 125 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 143 |
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Abū Abu Bakr Abu Ubayda accounts al-Baladhuri al-Hira al-Qadisiya al-Qaqa al-Ta'if al-Tabari al-Waqidi al-Yarmuk Amr's Arab Arab allies Arabic sources areas attack Babylon Banu battle array bedouin Byzantine Byzantium Caesarea caliph campaign cavalry clans columns command conquest movement contingents Damascus defeated defensive deployed E. J. Brill east Egypt enemy Euphrates expedition Fayyum fighting frontier Futuh al-Buldan garrison Gaza Ghassanid Hijaz Himyar Himyarite horsemen ibid Ibn Abd al-Hakam ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Ibn Hisham Ibn Khaldun Ikrima infantry Iraq Islamic Iyad Khalid ibn al-Walid khamis Kinda Lakhmids leaders Madhhij marched Meanwhile Meccans Medina Mesopotamia military Muawiya Muhammad Muslim army Muslim forces Muslims Najd Najran Nikiu numbers Palestine Persian phylarchs Prophet Qays Quraysh raiding reinforcements Roman route Sassanid Sayf ibn Umar Sayf's sent Shurahbil siege South Arabia strength Syria Taghlib Tamim Theodorus tion town tradition tribal tribes tribesmen troops Umayyad Utba victory warfare Yarmuk