Battle of the Iron Bridge
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The Battle of the Iron Bridge was 637 between the army of the Muslim Rashidunkalifats and the Byzantine army instead. The battle took place near a neunbögigen bridge that spanned across the Orontes and the battle its name. She was one of the last battles between the Byzantine Empire and the Arabs in the Roman province of Syria.
Background
The Muslim army had won a decisive victory at Yarmuk River, which won them control of the Levant. Jerusalem was captured a short time later. Muslim armies marched a little later northward and penetrated into northern Syria, where it borders on Anatolia. They tried to conquer Antioch and to secure their conquests as against a Byzantine reconquest attempt. After the conquest of Aleppo Abu Ubaidah ibn al - Jarrah sent a part of the army under Malik al- Ashtar to conquer Azaz in northern Syria. The conquest of Azaz should ensure that there are no large Byzantine army north of Aleppo was more that could fall to the Arabs in their siege of Antioch in the back. Once Malik was once again joined the main army marched Abu Ubaidah westward to conquer Antioch. Khalid ibn al - Walid led the vanguard. The army marched from Aleppo via Harim and Antioch approached from the east.
Battle
Twelve miles from the city, while today Mahruba, a partially -iron bridge over the Orontes stressed. Here, the battle between the Muslim Arabs and the Byzantine garrison of Antioch took place. The battle was probably of greater extent, but there are no exact details. The Byzantine forces suffered heavy losses and were defeated. The remnants of the defeated army fled to Antioch, the Arabs followed them and besieged the city. On October 30, 637 the city surrendered. The terms of surrender stipulated that the Byzantine garrison was allowed to deduct unmolested.
Follow
After the surrender of Antioch, the Muslim armies moved southward along the Mediterranean and conquered Latakia, Tartus and Dschabla. Khalid ibn al - Walid made a foray to the east in the direction of the Euphrates, where he met with little resistance. In January 638, the campaign was over. After the defeat of Arab Christians from Mesopotamia, who led the Siege of Emesa 638, Abu Ubaidah, Khalid ibn al - Walid ibn Ghanam and Ayadh sent down to the level of the Ararat and break in the west to the Taurus Mountains to the resistance of the Christians.