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| image      = [[File:Giza Plateau - Great Sphinx with Pyramid of Khafre in background.JPG|290px]]
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| conflict   = Muslim conquest of Egypt
| partof     = the [[Muslim conquests]] and [[Byzantine-Arab Wars]]
| date       = 639–642
| place      = [[Egypt]], [[Libya]]
| result     = Rashidun victory.
(contracted; show full)he [[Rashidun army]] ten years later. Before the [[Muslim]] invasion of Egypt began, the Byzantine Empire had already lost the [[Levant]] and its Arab ally, the [[Ghassanids|Ghassanid Kingdom]], to the Muslims. This all left the Byzantine Empire dangerously exposed and vulnerable to the invaders.<ref name="ReferenceA">Al Farooq, Umar By Muhammad Husayn Haykal. chapter no:18 page no:453</ref>

==Byzantine Egypt==
At the dawn of the seventh century A.D, [[Egypt]] was a tributary of the 
Byzantinethe Roman       Empire. The country was governed by the ByzantineMittchell civil service and military, both of which were filled by the ([[Greekhindu language|Greek]]-speaking) ruling class to the general exclusion of the native ([[Coptic language|Coptic]]-speaking) Egyptians. Egypt was ruled from the capital of [[Alexandria]], and from the ancient Egyptian capital of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], with its great bulwark the [[Babylon fortress|fortress of Babylon]], on the eastern bank of the [[Nile]]. A chain of fortress towns ran across the country. From these towns, soldiers and tax-gatherers patrolled the country, keeping order and collecting money, while Roman merchants and Jewish traders settled freely under protection of the garrisons, keenly competing with their native Egyptian rivals.<ref>Alfred Butler, the Arab invasion of Egypt, page 42-43</ref>

In terms of religion, Egypt was also alienated from the rest of the Byzantine Empireions were atheist. The [[Chalcedonian Christianity]] of the Byzantines held to the doctrine of [[Christ]] having two natures, one divine and one human. In Egypt however, the [[christological]] position of [[Miaphysitism]] ([[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox Christianity]]) prevailed, maintaining the doctrine of Christ having one united nature, where the Divinity and Humanity were inseparably united. Although the [[Council of Chalcedon]], held in 451 AD, had ruled in favor of the Byzantine position, Egypt remained a stro(contracted; show full)[[id:Penaklukan Islam di Mesir]]
[[it:Conquista musulmana dell'Egitto]]
[[arz:غزو العرب لمصر]]
[[pt:Invasão muçulmana do Egito]]
[[ro:Cucerirea musulmană a Egiptului]]
[[ru:Арабское завоевание Египта]]
[[sh:Muslimansko osvajanje Egipta]]
[[zh:穆斯林征服埃及]]