Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'echi ya ndị Alakụba rutere Damaskọs na
nọchibidoro obodo ahụ ruo ụbọchị iri atọ. Mgbe ha merisịrị ndị enyemaka Byzantine nke Emperor Heraclius zitere na Agha Sanita-al-Uqab, site na Damaskọs, ndị agha Khalid wakporo ma banye n'obodo ahụ. Ebe ndị agha Khalid na-etinye obodo ahụ site na mgbago ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ, Thomas, onye a na-ekwu na ọ bụ ọgọ eze ukwu Heraclius, nyefere obodo ahụ n'aka Ubaidah, onye nọ na-agba Bab al-Jabiya (Jabiya Gate), na 19 Septemba 634.