Where is Al Yarmouk located?

The geographical location of Yarmouk

Yarmouk is a valley located in one of the regions of the Levant, specifically in the direction of the Jordan Valley, and flows into the Jordan River, and extends along the length of the stinking lake. , then into the Dead Sea, and finally its estuary ends in the south of Hula.

Battle of Yarmouk

The narrators of the history of the Battle of Yarmouk are divided into two groups: one group believes that the battle took place in the year 13 AH during the reign of Abu Bakr, and al-Tabari represents this team and relied on the narration of Saif bin Omar, and the other team believes that it took place in the year 15 AH during the era of Omar, and is represented by the majority of historians such as Ibn Ishaq, Al-Waqidi, Khalifa bin Khayyat, Al-Baladhuri, and Ibn Asaker, and it was named after the Yarmouk Valley in which the battle took place, and the Roman army chose the valley; Because it is the place that suits the number of their large army of 240.000 fighters, while the Muslims crossed the river to the right side, and their number reached 36 or 40 fighters, and they camped in a flat valley located on an open road for the Roman army, and so the Muslims closed the way for the Roman army to escape.

The events of the Battle of Yarmouk

A series of battles took place between the Muslims and the Byzantine army at the site of Yarmouk, and it lasted for five non-continuous days, and Khaled bin Al-Walid drew up the military plan for the Muslim army; This is for the sake of steadfastness in the battle, and defeating the attacks and aggressions of the Byzantines, and the victory of the Muslims in the battle was observed until these victories were crowned in the last attack on the Byzantines, and that was on Monday, corresponding to the fifth of the month of Rajab, and the Islamic attack spread to all the Byzantine forces in an intense atmosphere The heat, the windy sandy weather, and the sand dust was nothing but that harassed and disturbed the Byzantines, and Khaled took advantage of this atmosphere, launched his attack on them, and became the last Roman fighter, either fleeing from the battlefield, or a dead body, or perhaps at the bottom of the Yarmouk Valley, and thus the Muslims won On the Romans in this battle.