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Chapters: Battle of Akroinon, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 14. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Battle of Akroinon was fought at Akroinon (near modern Afyon) in Phrygia, on the western edge of the Anatolian plateau, in 740 between an Umayyad Arab army and the Byzantine forces. The Arabs were led by 'Abdallah al-Battal and al-Malik ibn Su'aib, and the Byzantines by Emperor Leo III the Isaurian and his son, the future Constantine V. The battle resulted in a decisive Byzantine victory, halting Arab penetration of Anatolia. According to the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor, in 739/740, the Umayyads launched a major invasion of Byzantine Anatolia, with a force allegedly totalling 90,000 men. 10,000 lightly-armed men under al-Ghamr ibn Yazid were sent to raid the western coast (the ancient province of Asia), 20,000 under 'Abdallah al-Battal and al-Malik ibn Su'aib followed after towards Akroinon, and the main force of some 60,000, under Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik's son Sulayman, raided Cappadocia. The Emperor Leo confronted the second force at Akroinon, and secured a crushing victory: both Arab commanders fell, as well as the larger part of their army. About 6,800 however resisted and managed to conduct an orderly retreat to Synnada. From there they joined Sulayman on his retreat. After his death, 'Abdallah al-Battal became known as Sayyid Battal Ghazi and became one of the greatest heroes of Arab and later Turkish epic poetry. The battle was a major success for the Byzantines, as it was the first large-scale victory they had scored in a pitched battle against the Arabs. Seeing it as evidence of God's renewed favour, the victory also served to strengthen Leo's belief in the policy of iconoclasm that he had adopted. It also opened up the way for a more aggressive stance...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=46715


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156003879
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 60
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 100 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156003873
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Battle of Akroinon,
  • Width: 229 mm


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