Regional780 CE

Battle of Samalu

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Turkey

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Samalu (780), part of the Byzantine-Muslim Wars. Muslim Caliphate defeated Byzantium.

Belligerents2

Muslim Caliphate
Byzantine Empire

ON THE MAPAbbasid CaliphateByzantine Empire (750-843)

Conflict graph

PART OFArab-Byzantine Wars

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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