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Warriors during the Umayyad Caliphate

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Context: According to historical accounts, the Byzantine Emperor Leo III tricked the Umayyad commander Maslama into burning his own army’s grain supplies by promising a peaceful surrender once the food was gone. Leo then refused to surrender, leaving the Arab forces to face a devastating famine and a brutal winter that ultimately broke the siege.

FID Nahost Feb 5

#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:

"Geschichte der Ommaijaden in Spanien: nebst einer Darstellung des Entstehens der spanischen christlichen Reiche" by Joseph Aschbach

[Frankfurt a.M.: Varrentrapp, 1829]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/99501

#spain #history #umayyad #conquest #caliph

PugJesus Nov 12

Gold dinar, Umayyad Caliphate, found in modern-day Lebanon, 694 AD-695 AD

PugJesus Nov 12

Umayyad Gold Dinar, 723 AD

PugJesus Nov 11

Gold Umayyad coin, probably minted in Damascus, 691 AD-692 AD

PugJesus Nov 3

Swole Caliphate

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Oct 31

On #ThisDayInHistory in 683, during the #SiegeOfMecca by #Umayyad forces, the #Kaaba burnt to the ground. Ka'ba was rebuilt by the stewards of Mecca (Makkah) the next year, then destroyed again in 693 to remove the semicircular #hatīm area, restoring its cube shape.