Muslim conquest of Egypt

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conquest historical event military campaign

The Muslim conquest of Egypt was the 7th-century campaign in which Arab Muslim forces defeated the Byzantine Empire and brought Egypt under Islamic rule, transforming its political and religious landscape.

Aliases (1)

Arab conquest of Egypt ×2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conquest → historical event → military campaign →
administrativeCenterAfterConquest	Fustat →
administrativeLanguageBefore	Greek →
belligerent	Byzantine Empire → Rashidun Caliphate → local Coptic forces →
commander	Cyrus of Alexandria → Heraclius → Theodore (Byzantine general) → ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ → ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb →
conflict	Arab–Byzantine wars →
endTime	646 →
followedBy	Muslim conquest of North Africa →
languageOfConquerors	Arabic →
location	Byzantine Egypt → Egypt →
longTermConsequence	Arabization of administration in Egypt → decline of Byzantine political influence in Egypt → integration of Egypt into the Islamic world →
notableBattle	Battle of Heliopolis (640) → Siege of Alexandria (641–642) → Siege of Babylon Fortress →
notableEvent	capitulation of Alexandria → surrender of Babylon Fortress →
partOf	Arab–Byzantine wars → Early Muslim conquests →
politicalChange	transition from Byzantine province to province of Rashidun Caliphate →
precededBy	Muslim conquest of the Levant →
primaryChristianDenominationInEgypt	Miaphysite Coptic Church →
primaryReligionOfConquerors	Islam →
primaryReligionOfSubjectPopulation	Christianity →
religiousChange	continuation of Coptic Christianity under Muslim rule → start of gradual Islamization of Egypt →
result	Muslim victory → beginning of Islamic rule in Egypt → end of Byzantine rule in Egypt → incorporation of Egypt into the Rashidun Caliphate →
rulingPowerAfter	Rashidun Caliphate →
rulingPowerBefore	Byzantine Empire →
significance	marked expansion of Arab Muslim rule into North Africa → secured grain supply of Egypt for the Rashidun Caliphate → weakened Byzantine control in the eastern Mediterranean →
startTime	639 →
timePeriod	7th century →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arab–Byzantine wars → Islamization of North Africa ("Arab conquest of Egypt") →	hasPart
Early Islamic period → Rashidun Caliphate →	significantEvent
Byzantine Egypt →	endCause
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt →	hasSignificantEvent
Heraclian dynasty →	notableEvent
Arab–Byzantine wars ("Arab conquest of Egypt") →	resultedIn