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{{Infobox Military Conflict|
image=[[Image:Greekfire-madridskylitzes1.jpg|center|300px]]|
caption=[[Greek fire]], first used by the [[Byzantine Navy]] during the Byzantine-Arab Wars.|
conflict=Byzantine-Arab Wars|
partof=the [[Muslim conquests]]|
date=[[629]], [[634]]-[[717]], [[800s]]-[[1025]], [[1169]]|
place=Palestine, Syria, Egypt, North Africa, Anatolia, Crete, Sicily|
result= [[Arab]] conquests|
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casualties1=|
casualties2=|
}}
{{Campaignbox Byzantine-Arab}}
{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Khalid ibn Walid}}
[[Image:Age-of-caliphs.png|300px|thumb|right|[[Sham]] region was just the start of Arab expansion. {{legend|#a1584e|Expansion under the Prophet Mohammad, 622-632}} {{legend|#ef9070|Expansion during the Patriarchal Caliphate, 632-661}} {{legend|#fad07d|Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750}}]]
The '''Byzantine-Arab Wars''' were a series of wars between 
the [[Arab Empire|Arab Caliphates]] and the [[Byzantine Empire]] between the 7th and 12th centuries AD. These started during the initial [[Muslim conquests]] under the [[Rashidun]] and [[Umayyad]] [[caliph]]s and continued in the form of an enduring border tussle until the beginning of the [[Crusades]]. As result the Byzantines, also called the [[Eastern Roman Empire|Romans]] ("[[Rûm]]" in [[Muslim]] historical chronicles, the Byzantine Empire was formerly the Eastern half of the [[Roman Empire]]), sa(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of North Africa]]
[[Category:History of Caucasus]]
[[Category:Islamic conquests]]
[[Category:Wars involving the Byzantine Empire]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Umayyad Caliphate]]

[[fr:Guerres entre Arabes et empire byzantin]]
[[nl:Byzantijns-Arabische oorlogen]]