Note 442 — Chapter XXX · CALIPHATE OF OTHMAN. GENERAL REVIEW. A.H. XXIV.-XXXV. A.D. 645–656.
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Ascalon is said to have been reduced (apparently for the first time) just before Omar’s death, A.H. 23; but the delay was purely owing to its maritime position. This excepted, Syria had for some years been under the firm yoke of Islam.