The Byzantine Empire
الدولة البيزنطية (الروم)
The Roman power that ruled Egypt and Syria, controlled the sea trade routes that strangled Yemen’s caravan economy, set up client kings among the Arabs of al-Sham, and armed Abyssinia’s fleet for the second occupation of Yemen.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Overview
The Byzantine state (Rum): ruler of Egypt and Syria, holder of the sea trade-routes, and inciter of the Abyssinians upon Yemen.
In the sira presentation
Al-Mubarakpuri devotes a chapter to government and rule among the Arabs before Islam, dividing the peninsula's rulers into non-independent crowned kings (Yemen's kings, the Ghassanid house and al-Hira's kings) and independent tribal chiefs 1.
Connections
- Ruled by
- Heraclius
- Fought by
- Khosrow II
- Participated in
- The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen
People and things also explored
The Sasanian EmpireMuhammadAbrahaAryat (Abraha’s predecessor in Yemen)The Aksumite Kingdom (Abyssinia)The Second Abyssinian Occupation of YemenThe Year of the Elephant and the Prophet's birthPre-Islamic Arabia
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Tafhim al-Quran — Abu al-A'la al-Mawdudi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Byzantine Empire”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/byzantine-empire/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.