![Illustration of the Battle of Yarmouk (636) at the bottom of the page of BNF Nouvelle acquisition française 886 fol. 9v (early 14th century).
The Saracens are shown with a star and crescent banner, the Byzantines (anachronistically in Crusader era armour) with a star banner. Note that the banner designs are not attributed to factions with any consistency by this illustrator: The star and crescent is also shown as carried by the Mongols in foll. 22r, 32v, 34r, 35v). For a later (mid 14th-century) copy with more developed heraldry, see Vienna ÖNB Cod. 2623[1] fol. 15r.
Hayton's (Faulcon's) text reads:
Lors manda l'empereour Eracles grant secors de genz pour defendre la cité d'Antioche. Qant les genz de l'empereour Eracles furent parvenuz jusques à une plainure qui est nomée Possent (var.: Posserit), les Sarazins vindrent à l'encontre; e là fu comencée molt grant bataille que longuement dura; mès, à la fin, les Sarazins en orent la victoire, e tant gent furent ocis en cele bataille que encores y perent les ossements des seignors en celui champ. Dont il avint que les Grex, qui tenoient la cité d'Antioche, furent molt espoentés, e rendirent la terre as Sarazins par convenances. (La Flor des Estories de la Terre d'Orient II.1, ed. Dardel 1906, p. 137.)](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/al-yarmuk-sy-334699-363018/4-Hayton_BNF886_9v.jpg?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
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al-Yarmūk
Damascus Governorate, Syria · Asia
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al-Yarmūk sits on the route: 10 minutes from Jaramānā.
al-Yarmūk is in Damascus Governorate, Syria, with about 100,000 people. The nearest town is Jaramānā, about 4 km away.
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- Population
- 99,999
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Syria
- Region
- Damascus Governorate
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
- Coordinates
- 33.4699, 36.3018
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