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Name: Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (806)

Type: Event

Start: 806 AD

End: 807 AD

Parent: Arab-Byzantine Wars

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Was a military campaign by the Abbasid Caliphate in Byzantine Asia Minor.

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  • January 807: Yazid ibn Makhlad captured the "Fort of the Willow" (al-Safsaf) and Malakopea.
  • October 806: In 806, the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid led his forces to capture the city of Herakleia after a month-long siege. Herakleia was a strategically important city in the Byzantine Empire, located in modern-day Turkey. The successful capture of Herakleia was a significant military achievement for the Abbasid Caliphate.
  • January 807: Andrasos conquered by Abbasid Caliphate.

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