A four-thousand-man Rashidun army under the command…
639 CE
A four-thousand-man Rashidun army under the command of 'Amr ibn al-'As invades Egypt, capturing the strategic Delta town of Pelusium after a two-month siege.
Arab reinforcements led by Zubayr ibn al-Awam are sent from Medina to assist Amr's army.
The losses incurred by the Muslims are ameliorated by Sinai Bedouins, who join the invaders in the conquest of Egypt from the Empire.
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Arab people
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Persian people
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Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
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Zoroastrians
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Jews
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Bedouin
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Egypt (Roman province)
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Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
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Christians, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox
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Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
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Christians, Maronite
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Christians, Monophysite
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Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
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Christianity, Chalcedonian
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Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
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Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
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Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
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Islam
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Rashidun Caliphate
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Christians, Monotheletist
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Egypt in the Middle Ages
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