Umar al-Aqta
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title:
Umar al-Aqta
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ʿUmar ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn Marwān or ʿAmr ibn ʿUbaydallāh ibn Marwān, surnamed al-Aqtaʾ, and found as Amer or Ambros in Byzantine sources, was the semi-independent Arab emir of Malatya (Melitene) from the 830s until his death in the Battle of Lalakaon on 3 September 863. During this time, he was one of the greatest threats to the Byzantine Empire on its eastern frontier, and became a prominent figure in later Arabic and Turkish epic literature.
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Arab Emir of Malatya from the 830s to 863
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_al-Aqta
date created:
2010-03-04T13:17:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T19:50:59Z
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