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The Siege of Damascus (634) lasted from 21 August to 19 September 634 AD b[âº] before the city fell to the Rashidun Caliphate. Damascus was the first major city of the Byzantine (Roman) empire to fall in the Muslim conquest of Syria.
It took six weeks for the guns to lurch and jolt their way to Constantinople. By the time they arrived, in early April, Mehmedâs armyâa huge force of 80,000 menâwas dug in along the length of the land walls. Sappers had cut down orchards and vineyards outside the Walls of Theodosius to provide a clear field of fire.