Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Saint Helena akapa mari kubva muhomwe yeumambo nokuda kwokuchengetwa kwechechi. Mari yacho yakaramba ichipiwa kwemazana matatu emakore okutonga kweByzantium muFenikiya kusvikira Khalid ibn al-Walid akunda Mambo Heraclius paHondo yeYarmuk
. Nepo caliphate, Omar, uyo akava mutongi weJerusarema, akanga ari munhu akazvipira kuna Mwari uye anozvininipisa, achidzivirira nzvimbo tsvene zvikurusa dzechiKristudhomu uye achishivirira vanhu vake vechiKristu, vatongi vechiArab veByzantium yose vakanga vasingashiviriri vaKristu, zvikurukuru mumaguta ari pedyo negungwa eTire, Sidhoni, Beirut, Byblos, uye Tripoli. Pashure pokunge vazhinjisa vavaSidhoni vatendeukira kuchiIslam kuti vagamuchire maropafadzo nokudzivirirwa kwakapikirwa, vanhu veMagdhdouché vakaenda kunzvimbo dzakakwirira muGomo reRebhanoni. Hurumende yechiKaliphate yakanga yaziva vaKristu vepaGomo reRebhanoni semapoka anozvitonga, vachibhadhara mutero wakatarwa. Vasati vasiya musha wavo, vakavanza mukova webako raMwarikadzi Wedu weKumirira nematombo, ivhu nemizambiringa. Vanhu vakabva mumusha wacho vachipfuura nomunzira dzomumakomo dzisingazivikanwi vachienda kunhare dzeRebhanoni yechiKristu. Ngano yaMukadzi Wedu Wokumirira yakapfuudzwa kuzvizvarwa zvakapfigirwa zveMagdhdouché kwamakore ane chiuru.