Battle of Alexandretta
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title:
Battle of Alexandretta
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The Battle of Alexandretta was the first clash between the forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate in Syria. It was fought in early 971 near Alexandretta, while the main Fatimid army was besieging Antioch, which the Byzantines had captured two years previously. The Byzantines, led by one of Emperor John I Tzimiskes' household eunuchs, lured a 4,000-strong Fatimid detachment to attack their empty encampment and then attacked them from all sides, destroying the Fatimid force. The
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971 battle of the Arab-Byzantine wars
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alexandretta
date created:
2015-05-23T13:49:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T17:48:27Z
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