Battle of the Iron Bridge

Battle of the Iron Bridge
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
Date October 637 AD Location Gephyra near Antioch, Roman Syria Result Muslim victory Antioch conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate
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.