Battle of the Iron Bridge | |||||||
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Part of the Arab–Byzantine Wars and Campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid | |||||||
![]() The Orontes River at its passage in Antioch; the battle was fought near this river | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Rashidun Caliphate |
Byzantine Empire, Christian Arabs | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Khalid ibn al-Walid Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
17,000[1] | 15,000–20,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The Battle of the Iron Bridge was fought between the Muslim Rashidun army and the Byzantine army in 637 AD. The battle took its name from a nearby nine-arch stone bridge (also known as Jisr al-Hadid) spanning the Orontes River which had gates trimmed with iron.[1] It was one of the last battles fought between the Byzantines and Rashidun Caliphate in the province of Syria. The aftermath of the battle marked the nearly complete annexation of the province into the Rashidun Caliphate with the fall of its capital, Antioch.
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