For early Islamic eras

For early Islamic eras

Muslims took control of Aleppo in 636, under the Islamic conquest of Khalid ibn al-Walid and Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, following the Muslim takeover of one of its doors. [7] According to sources and written documents, repairs began in the castle after a strong earthquake. Little is known about the Citadel of Aleppo in the era of Sadr al-Islam, but Aleppo was a border town at the edges of the Umayyad and Abbasid states. [5] Prince Saif al-Dawla al-Hamdani invaded Aleppo in 944, and later rose to a political and economic renaissance. [5] [8] The Hamdanids built a magnificent palace on the banks of the Qwaik River that passes through the city, but was transferred to the castle as a result of the Byzantine attacks in 962 AD. Hamdania's period of sovereignty was followed by a period of instability, characterized by Byzantine and Bedouin attacks and the transformation of Aleppo into a Fatimid base for a short period. It was said that the practitioners converted two churches into mosques. [5]