The Muslim Conquest of Egypt

After a series of masterfully fought battles and sieges, a handful of men, determined and inflamed by their new faith, would change history... One man dominated this lightning campaign head and shoulders: his commander-in-chief 'Amr ibn al-'As, Companion of the Prophet (as) whom Caliph Abu Bakr already called "the most cunning of Quraysh", and master of high strategy and the unequaled art of war who made there the most brilliant demonstration of his genius in its raw state. Beyond this omnipresent figure, the conquest of Egypt was not devoid of both spiritual and military stature: thus, in particular, az-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, one of the great heroes of the campaign , of 'Ubâda ibn as-Sâmit and a crowd of Companions of the Prophet (pbuh) who brought their stone to the building. 

Translated into French for the first time, the work of Pakistani military historian Agha Ibrahim Akram, an emeritus specialist in the first Muslim conquests, tells us about the brilliant strokes and flashes of genius of this conquest so short and yet so heavy. historical consequences!