In the meantime, Christian Arabs living in Medina gave intelligence to the Roman emperor, , about the impending invasion | Abu Bakr then sent Abu Ubaydah towards Syria, slowly encircling the Roman armies |
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As soon as Yazid reached the desert on the outskirts of Medina, their Arab race horses picked up speed | from the original on 12 October 2013 |
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan then crossed into the near Gaza | Then with took on another group |
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They saw a Roman Reconnaissance of, according to , 10,000 horsemen and took them on | was his distant relative through his marriage to Ali's daughter, Umm Kulthoom, and his daughter, Hafsa's marriage to |
He became governor of after the in 634 AD | According to , the first Muslim historian on the events, Yazid was the first commander with 1000 horsemen sent to Syria and Palestine by |
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When the Romans arrived, on seeing Yazid's small force they thought this to be the entire Arab force and attacked | from the original on 12 October 2013 |
Amir bin Adi told him there was a Roman Army 100,000 strong behind him that had been sent to confront him.
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