Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah

Battles of Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah

companion of Muhammad and military leader (583–639)

Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 634 and AD 638: 3 battles and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Syria (4), Jordan (1), Israel (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,088 km apart end to end, 181 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Muslim conquest of the Levant (7).

Siege of AleppoSiege of EmesaSiege of DamascusBattle of FahlBattle of YarmoukSiege of JerusalemBattle of the Iron BridgeSiege of DamascusBattle of FahlBattle of YarmoukSiege of JerusalemBattle of the Iron BridgeTel AvivBeirutAmmanNicosiaGaza CityHomsṬarābulusHaifaHamahDayr az Zawr500 km34.016N, 36.190E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 634: 2 engagements2 in AD 634AD 636: 2 engagements2 in AD 636AD 637: 2 engagements2 in AD 637AD 638: 1 engagementsAD 634AD 638
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Damascus, AD 634Battle of Fahl, AD 634Battle of Yarmouk, AD 636Siege of Jerusalem, AD 636Siege of Aleppo, AD 637Battle of the Iron Bridge, AD 637Siege of Emesa, AD 638AD 634AD 638
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 634Siege of DamascusDamascus, SyriaRashidun victory
December AD 634Battle of FahlJordan River, Jordan134 km SWMuslim victory
15 August AD 636Battle of YarmoukYarmuk, Syria51 km NERashidun victory
October AD 636Siege of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel134 km SWRashidun victory
July AD 637Siege of AleppoAleppo, Syria523 km NRashidun Caliphate victory
September AD 637Battle of the Iron BridgeAntioch, Turkey73 km WRashidun victory
AD 638Siege of EmesaEmesa, Syria173 km SRashidun Caliphate victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, إسلام, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.