Heraclius, the Byzantine emperor, fled from Antioch to Constantinople.

Others say that Homs was actually taken in the year 15 AH.

Basra

ʿAlī al-Madāʾinī reports, citing his elders, that in 14 AH ʿUmar sent Shurayḥ ibn ʿĀmir of the Banū Saʿd ibn Bakr to Basra as a supporting force for the Muslims. Shurayḥ marched on Ahwāz and was killed at Daris, whereupon ʿUmar appointed ʿUtbah ibn Ghazwān al-Māzinī later that same year; for several months ʿUtbah refrained from campaigning.

Khālid ibn ʿUmayr al-ʿAdawī relates: “We went on campaign with ʿUtbah against al-Ubulla, captured it, then crossed toward the Euphrates. When ʿUtbah reached the site of al-Mirbad and found its hard clay soil, he declared, ‘This is Basra—disembark here in the name of Allah.’”

Al-Ḥasan adds: “ʿUtbah took al-Ubulla, and seventy Muslims were killed at the spot where the mosque of al-Ubulla now stands. He then crossed to the Euphrates and seized it by storm.”

Shuʿbah narrates from ʿAqīl ibn Ṭalḥah, from Qabīṣah: “We were with ʿUtbah at al-Khuraybah.”

In that same year ʿUtbah ibn Ghazwān ordered Muḥjan ibn al-Adraʿ to mark out the Great Mosque of Basra and to build it with reeds. ʿUtbah then set out for the pilgrimage, appointing Mujāshiʿ ibn Masʿūd to lead the military expeditions and instructing al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah to lead the prayers until Mujāshiʿ returned. ʿUtbah died on the journey.