Sack of Thessalonica (904)
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The sack of Thessalonica refers to the capture, and subsequent sack, of the Byzantine city of Thessalonica by the Abbasid Caliphate in the year 904, led by Leo of Tripoli, a privateer and Muslim convert.
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Part of the Arab–Byzantine Wars | |||||||||
The sack of Thessalonica, from the Madrid Skylitzes | |||||||||
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Byzantine Empire | Abbasid Caliphate | ||||||||
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Petronas Leo Chitzilakes Niketas | Leo of Tripoli |
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