Battle of Sanita-al-Uqab
| Battle of Sanita-al-Uqab | |||||||
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| Part of the Arab-Byzantine Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Rashidun Caliphate | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Khalid ibn al-Walid | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Sanita-al-Uqab (
Emesa route, and several other smaller detachments on routes towards Damascus. These detachments were to act as scouts and as delaying forces against Byzantine reinforcements. Heraclius's reinforcements were intercepted, and though they initially gained the upper hand, were routed at the al Uqab (Eagle) Pass when Khalid personally arrived with reinforcements.[1]
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