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=== Attacking Syria === | === Attacking Syria === | ||
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According to the report of Ibn Ishaq, after returning from [[hajj]] in [[12 AH]]/ | According to the report of Ibn Ishaq, after returning from [[hajj]] in [[12 AH]]/634,<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 3, p. 387.</ref> Abu Bakr began collecting soldiers and equipping them to send to [[Syria]].<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 3, p. 115-116.</ref> On the other hand, Heraclius, emperor of Byzantine went to [[Hums]] and quickly gathered a great army (about 200 thousand soldiers) from Romans, people of Syria, Algeria, and Armenia and sent them to fight Muslims. The two armies faced in [[Yarmouk]].<ref>Balādhurī, ''Futūḥ al-buldān'', p. 140-141; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 3, p. 314-392.</ref> After three months of encounter, Muslims asked Abu Bakr for help and he ordered Khalid b. Walid to go to Syria from Iraq. | ||
During the war, a messenger came to him from [[Medina]] delivering a letter from Umar giving the news about the death of Abu Bakr, caliphate of Umar, dismissal of Khalid from the command of the army, and appointment of [[Abu Ubayda b. al-Jarrah|Abu Ubayda]]'s command for leading the battles of Syria; however, he hid the news until the victory of Muslims.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Futūḥ al-buldān'', p. 118-122; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 3, p. 395, 406, 407, 434.</ref> | During the war, a messenger came to him from [[Medina]] delivering a letter from Umar giving the news about the death of Abu Bakr, caliphate of Umar, dismissal of Khalid from the command of the army, and appointment of [[Abu Ubayda b. al-Jarrah|Abu Ubayda]]'s command for leading the battles of Syria; however, he hid the news until the victory of Muslims.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Futūḥ al-buldān'', p. 118-122; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 3, p. 395, 406, 407, 434.</ref> | ||