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Battle of Bosra | |||||||
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Part of the Arab–Byzantine Wars and the campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid | |||||||
Roman theatre at Bosra | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Rashidun Caliphate |
Byzantine Empire Ghassanids | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Khalid ibn al-Walid |
Heraclius (Indirectly) Romanus Darian (al-Waqidi's accounts) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4,000 [1] | 12,000 [1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
130 [1] | 8,000 |
The Battle of Bosra was fought in 634 CE between the Rashidun Caliphate army and the Byzantine Empire over the possession of the city of Bosra, in Syria. The city was one of the Islamic forces' first significant captures and was at the time the capital of the Ghassanid Kingdom (a Byzantine vassal state). The siege took place between June and July.