The Islamic Conquest of Syria (Futuhusham)
By al-Imam al-Waqidi
Translated by Sulayman al-Kindi
600 pages Hardback A5 ISBN 1842000 67 5
TaHa Publishers London
Sahabah's Conquest of Ash-Sham (Includes today's Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, , Jordan and parts of Iraq and Turkey)

This is the first complete English translation of Futuhusham, the ninth century Arabic classic detailing the Muslims advance into Syria when a small band of faithful Muslims overthrew the superpower of their day. This inspiring epic describes the events in detail and brings to life the great personalities of Islam in a unique way.

 Abu 'abd Allah Muhammad Ibn 'umar Al-waqidi   born 130 H in  Madina, died 207H in  Baghdad, Iraq. He was both a Muhaddith and Historian author of many works including  (al-maghazi an-Nabawi)  a well-known work on the military campaigns of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) 

As a youth al-Waqidi is said to have been such an authority on the sacred cities of Mecca and Medina that he was guide to the 'Abbasid caliph Harun ar-Rashid during the latter's pilgrimage.