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تاريخ الإسلام والأنبياء والصحابة
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تاريخ الإسلام والأنبياء والصحابة
معركة اليرموك الخالدة
24,000–40,000 combatants (including 1,000 Sahabah and 100 veterans of Badr) — Heraclius emptied imperial treasuries to assemble an overwhelming multi-national force to crush the Muslim presence in the Levant.
4,000 martyrs (including Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl, Dirar ibn al-Azwar, Hisham ibn al-As)
80,000–150,000 elite Byzantine Imperial troops
50,000–70,000 Byzantine troops killed, captured, or drowned in the Wadi Ruqqad gorge
Over 6 grueling days of pitched combat, Khalid utilized his elite mobile cavalry strike force (Tali'ah Mutaharrikah) to plug defensive breaches. On Day 6, Khalid launched a devastating counter-offensive, driving a wedge between the Byzantine cavalry and infantry. He captured the Roman bridge across Wadi Ruqqad, trapping the Byzantine army against the precipitous gorge during a blinding dust storm.
Byzantines pushed back Amr's right wing twice; Muslim women rallied troops with tent poles.
Khalid's elite 4,000 cavalry repeatedly reinforced threatened sectors and stabilized lines.
Capturing the sole retreat bridge and driving the panicked imperial army into the abyss.
Emperor Heraclius fled Antioch famously lamenting: 'Farewell, Syria, a farewell after which there will be no meeting.' Opened the road to the peaceful conquest of Jerusalem.
The oath of death taken by Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl and 400 companions under the shade of the battle.
The sublime moment when Abu Ubaidah received the letter of Umar appointing him commander and concealed it until victory was achieved.
فتح بيت المقدس والعهدة العمرية
Caliph Umar arrived on a camel shared with his servant, signed the historic Covenant of Umar, and cleared the Noble Sanctuary (Al-Aqsa).
معركة اليمامة (عقرباء / حديقة الموت)
Shattered the greatest false prophet rebellion; directly prompted Caliph Abu Bakr (RA) to compile the Holy Qur'an into a single Mushaf.
معركة القادسية الكبرى
Total destruction of the Sasanian Persian army in Iraq; opening Ctesiphon (Al-Mada'in) and all Mesopotamia to Islamic justice.