Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Sharhabeel ibn Hasana

Companion of Muhammad and army commander (died 639), AD 583 to AD 639

Sharhabeel ibn Hasana is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 632 and AD 636: 3 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Syria (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Jordan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,694 km apart end to end, 424 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Muslim conquest of the Levant (4), Ridda Wars (1).

Battle of YamamaSiege of DamascusBattle of FahlBattle of YarmoukSiege of JerusalemBattle of YamamaSiege of DamascusBattle of FahlBattle of YarmoukSiege of JerusalemBaghdadAlexandriaKuwait CityBeirutIsfahanLuxorDohaMedinaAhvazBasra500 km29.200N, 40.837E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 632: 1 engagementsAD 634: 2 engagements2 in AD 634AD 636: 2 engagements2 in AD 636AD 632AD 636
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Yamama, AD 632Siege of Damascus, AD 634Battle of Fahl, AD 634Battle of Yarmouk, AD 636Siege of Jerusalem, AD 636AD 632AD 636
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 632Battle of YamamaAl-Yamama, Saudi ArabiaRashidun Caliphate victory
AD 634Siege of DamascusDamascus, Syria1,375 km NWRashidun 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

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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.