Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Ubayda ibn as-Samit

muhaddith, AD 586 to AD 655

Ubayda ibn as-Samit is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 634 and AD 641: 1 battle and 5 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Syria (3), Egypt (2), Turkey (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,468 km apart end to end, 494 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Muslim conquest of the Levant (3), Arab conquest of Egypt (2).

Siege of Babylon FortressSiege of DamascusSiege of EmesaSiege of LatakiaBattle of YarmoukSiege of AlexandriaSiege of DamascusSiege of EmesaSiege of LatakiaBattle of YarmoukSiege of AlexandriaAthensTel AvivAleppoBeirutJerusalemNicosiaİzmirMosulAdanaKonya500 km33.921N, 32.911E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 634: 1 engagementsAD 635: 1 engagementsAD 636: 2 engagements2 in AD 636AD 640: 1 engagementsAD 641: 1 engagementsAD 634AD 641
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Damascus, AD 634Siege of Emesa, AD 635Siege of Latakia, AD 636Battle of Yarmouk, AD 636Siege of Babylon Fortress, AD 640Siege of Alexandria, AD 641AD 634AD 641
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 634Siege of DamascusDamascus, SyriaRashidun victory
November AD 635Siege of EmesaEmesa, Syria140 km NRashidun victory
AD 636Siege of LatakiaLaodicea on the Lycus, Turkey764 km NWRashidun victory
15 August AD 636Battle of YarmoukYarmuk, Syria835 km SERashidun victory
April AD 640Siege of Babylon FortressBabylon Fortress, Egypt546 km SWMuslim victory
February AD 641Siege of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt183 km NWRashidun 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.