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Byzantine-Arab Wars, 750–867 | |||||||
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Part of the Byzantine-Arab Wars | |||||||
Depiction of a clash between Byzantine and Arabs, from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Abbassid Caliphate (from 750) after ca. 830: Emirate of Melitene Emirate of Tarsus Paulician Principality of Tephrike | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Salih ibn Ali al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba Thumama ibn al-Walid Harun al-Rashid Ali ibn Sulayman Abd al-Malik ibn Salih al-Ma'mun al-Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun al-Mu'tasim Afshin Ali al-Armani † Umar al-Aqta † Karbeas |
Constantine V Michael Lachanodrakon Tatzates Constantine VI Nikephoros I Leo the Armenian Theophilos Manuel the Armenian Theophobos Bardas Petronas | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
over 100,000 standing forces (780)[1] 20,000–30,000 standing forces in the Abbasid central army (850)[2] |
ca. 80,000 in total (780) ca. 120,000 in total (840)[3] |
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