Islamic History and Culture

Ibn al-Ahmar is Mohammad I ibn Nasr. He assumed the title of the founder of the last Muslim dynasty of Spain, The Nasrids, in 1238.

There were two important battles fought at Marj Rahit near Damascus in 634 and again in 684. In 634 Hazrat Khalid bin Walid led an army against Ghassanid Arabs who were Christians and allies of the Byzantine Empire. The second battle in 684 during the Second Islamic Civil War. It was fought between army of Khalifa Marwan I and army of Abdullah ibn Zubair. Marwan I won the battle, secured Syria and became the Khalifa.