Siege of Mecca (Fidem Pacis)

The Siege of Mecca occurred in 638 during the Persian invasion of Arabia in retaliation for the Talibid Caliphate sponsoring an uprising in the province of Lakhmia.

Having pinned the bulk of the Caliphate's army in the north, along with its best general, Khalid ibn al-Walid, a Persian army under general Rostam Farrokhzad was able to march along the coast and subjugate Bahrain, Muscat and Yemen without facing much opposition. In late 637