Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus

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Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus were the Muslim armies of the Iberian-based Umayyad Caliphate that expanded into and campaigned across parts of Western Europe in the early 8th century.

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military force ⓘ
allegiance Umayyad Caliph of Damascus ⓘ
baseOfOperations Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia

Córdoba ⓘ
conflict Battle of Bordeaux (732) ⓘ
Battle of Toulouse (721) ⓘ
Battle of Tours (732) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tours

Siege of Narbonne (719–720) ⓘ
Umayyad conquest of Hispania ⓘ
Umayyad expansion into Gaul ⓘ
campaigns in Septimania ⓘ
country Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia
ethnicComposition Arabs ⓘ
Berbers ⓘ
garrisoned Narbonne ⓘ
other strongholds in Septimania ⓘ
historicalSignificance represented the northernmost military expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate in Western Europe ⓘ
their defeat at Tours (732) marked a limit to Umayyad expansion into Frankish territories ⓘ
ideology Islamic expansion ⓘ
militaryBranch cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
notableCommander Anbasa ibn Suhaym al-Kalbi ⓘ
al-Samh ibn Mālik al-Khawlānī ⓘ
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ghāfiqī ⓘ
objective spread of Islamic rule ⓘ
territorial expansion into Western Europe ⓘ
operatedIn Aquitaine ⓘ
Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Septimania ⓘ
linked to: Languedoc

Western Europe ⓘ
opponent Duchy of Aquitaine ⓘ
Frankish forces under Charles Martel ⓘ
Visigothic nobles ⓘ
linked to: Visigothic army
partOf Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
resultOf Umayyad conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
timePeriod c. 711–732 ⓘ
early 8th century ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
usedTactic cavalry charges ⓘ
raids (ghazw) ⓘ

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Battle of Tours → combatant2 → Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus ⓘ
Battle of Covadonga → opponent → Umayyad forces in al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
Battle of Covadonga → belligerent → Muslim forces of al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
siege of Debal → militaryBranch → Umayyad land forces ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
Battle of Ourique → belligerent → Muslim armies of al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
Battle of the River Berre → opponentOf → Umayyad forces in al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
Siege of Narbonne (719–720) → belligerentSide → Umayyad forces in al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus