The First Battle of Dongola was a meeting engagement or encounter between early Arab-Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Nubian-Christian forces of the Kingdom of Makuria in 642. The battle, which resulted in a Makurian victory, temporarily halted Arab incursions into Nubia and set the tone for an atmosphere of hostility between the two cultures until the culmination of the Second Battle of Dongola in 652.

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  • 0180-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/causalties
  • Heavy including some 150-250 wounded
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  • Kingdom of Makuria
  • Rashidun Caliphate
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dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/place
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/result
  • Rashidun defeat
dbpedia-owl:MilitaryConflict/strength
  • 20,000 Cavalry
  • Unknown number of Archers and Cavalry
dbpedia-owl:causalties
  • Heavy including some 150-250 wounded
dbpedia-owl:combatant
  • Kingdom of Makuria
  • Rashidun Caliphate
dbpedia-owl:date
  • 0180-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
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dbpedia-owl:place
dbpedia-owl:result
  • Rashidun defeat
dbpedia-owl:strength
  • 20,000 Cavalry
  • Unknown number of Archers and Cavalry
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  • The First Battle of Dongola was a meeting engagement or encounter between early Arab-Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Nubian-Christian forces of the Kingdom of Makuria in 642. The battle, which resulted in a Makurian victory, temporarily halted Arab incursions into Nubia and set the tone for an atmosphere of hostility between the two cultures until the culmination of the Second Battle of Dongola in 652.
dbpprop:casualties
  • Heavy including some 150Clark, page 565-250 wounded
  • Unknown
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dbpprop:commander
  • Unknown
  • Uqba bin NafeClark, page 564
dbpprop:conflict
  • First Battle of Dongola
dbpprop:date
  • SummerAshraf, page 180, 642
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dbpprop:place
dbpprop:result
  • Rashidun defeat
dbpprop:strength
  • 20,000 CavalryJennings, page 25
  • Unknown number of Archers and CavalryLobban, page 147
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  • The First Battle of Dongola was a meeting engagement or encounter between early Arab-Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Nubian-Christian forces of the Kingdom of Makuria in 642. The battle, which resulted in a Makurian victory, temporarily halted Arab incursions into Nubia and set the tone for an atmosphere of hostility between the two cultures until the culmination of the Second Battle of Dongola in 652.
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  • First Battle of Dongola
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  • First Battle of Dongola
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