Campaign of Septimania
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Umayyad military campaign in Septimania (southern France).
Chronology
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January 720: Narbona conquered by Umayyad Caliphate.
January 721: Perpignan conquered by Umayyad Caliphate.
June 721: The Battle of Toulouse in 721 was a decisive victory for the Frankish forces led by Duke Odo of Aquitaine against the Umayyad Caliphate. Al-Samh was the Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus who led the unsuccessful campaign. His defeat marked the end of Umayyad control in the region.
January 722: Siege of Toulouse.
January 725: After the defeat of the Visigoths in 711, the Umayyad Caliphate continued its conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. In 724, Carcassonne, a key city in the Visigoth kingdom, fell to the Umayyad forces led by the Berber general Al-Samh. This marked the end of Visigothic resistance in the region.
January 726: The conquest of the Visigoth Kingdom, reduced to a rump state in Septimania, was ended by the Umayyads.
