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The battle of Yarmouk was a major battle between the Muslim Arab forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the East Roman Byzantine Empire in August 636 near the Yarmouk River. The Byzantine Emperor Heraclius had assembled a large army to retake lost territory in Syria from the Muslims. However, the Muslim general Khalid ibn al-Walid advised withdrawing forces to concentrate in one location. This led to the Muslims defeating the numerically superior Byzantine army in a series of engagements over six days, result
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