Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Damascus yakakundwa nemaMuslim munguva yeRashidu. Mukati Mokukombwa kweDhamasiko
, mukuru wechiMuslim Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah, akapinda muDhamasiko murunyararo nepagedhi iri musi wa18 Gunyana 634. Akasangana nemauto aKhalid ibn al-Walid, ayo akapinda muguta nechisimba kubva kuBab Sharqi, pakati penzira kuburikidza neRuwa Rwunonzi Rwakatwasuka, padyo neiyo yazvino Mariamite Cathedral yeDhamasiko. Mukutonga kwevaMuslim, gedhi racho raiva rakavharwa zvishoma kunze kwomucheto muduku waishandiswa nevaifamba netsoka. Yakavakwazve panguva yokutonga kwaNur ad-Din Zengi, uye zuva racho rakanyorwa sa567 Hijri (1171-1172 AD). Mamwe manyoro anoratidza kuti yakagadziridzwazve pasi peAyyubid Sultan al-Malik al-Mu'azzam, uye zvakare pasi peMamluk muna 687 Hijri (1288-1289 AD).