<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Damascus_(634)" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Damascus (634)">Siege of Damascus</a>: The Rashidun Arabs under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Khalid ibn al-Walid">Khalid ibn al-Walid</a> capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_19#cite_note-2" id="mwGg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwGw">[2]</span></a></sup>
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