Acre comes under the rule of the…
638 CE
Acre comes under the rule of the Rashidun Caliphate beginning in 638, following the defeat of the imperial army of Heraclius by the Muslim army of Khalid ibn al-Walid in the Battle of Yarmouk, and the capitulation of the Christian city of Jerusalem to the Caliph Umar,
The actual conquest of Acre According to the early Muslim chronicler al-Baladhuri was led by Shurahbil ibn Hasana, one of the main field commanders during the Muslim conquest of Syria, and the city likely surrendered without resistance.
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