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This memorial and viewpoint at Saham, in the far north of Jordan, overlooks the Yarmouk gorge and marks the Battle of Yarmouk of Rajab 15 AH (636). In that…
This memorial and viewpoint at Saham, in the far north of Jordan, overlooks the Yarmouk gorge and marks the Battle of Yarmouk of Rajab 15 AH (636). In that battle the Muslim army under Khalid ibn al-Walid and Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah defeated the Byzantine army, opening al-Sham to Islam. The memorial looks over the deep valley of the Yarmouk river and the plateaus above it, across which the battle was fought. It is on the Royal Committee's list.