The sack of Aleppo in December 962 was carried out by the Byzantine Empire under Nikephoros Phokas. Aleppo was the capital of the Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla...

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Siege of Aleppo or Battle of Aleppo may refer to: Siege of Aleppo (637), during the Arab–Byzantine wars Sack of Aleppo (962), during the Arab–Byzantine...

Arab–Byzantine wars – Sack of Aleppo: A Byzantine expeditionary force under General Nikephoros Phokas invades northern Syria, and sacks Aleppo, capital of the Hamdanid...

Aleppo (/əˈlɛpoʊ/ ə-LEP-oh; Arabic: ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC: Ḥalab, IPA: [ˈħalab]) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the...

multiple campaigns led by Nikephoros. The campaign ended in 962 with the Sack of Aleppo (962), which dealt a major blow to Sayf al-Dawla. By 965, Cilica...

Battle of Pliska (811) Battle of Versinikia Battle of Boulgarophygon (896) Battle of Achelous (917) (917) Siege of Chandax Sack of Aleppo (962) Battle of Arcadiopolis...

Battle of Marj Rahit (684) – 684 – Second Fitna Battle of Ayn al-Warda – 685 – Second Fitna Sack of Aleppo (962) – 962 – Arab–Byzantine wars Battle of the...

Raban 958 Battle of Andrasos 960 Siege of Aleppo 962 Siege of Aleppo 964 Mudhar-Yamani conflict 793-96 Byzantine-Paulician Wars Battle of Bathys Ryax 872...

in the Byzantine sack of 962) in the suburb of Halba outside Aleppo, as well as the gardens and aqueduct which he built there. Aleppo's rise to the chief...

July–October: Siege of Aleppo by Muslim forces. Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque built. 717 – Great Mosque built. 944 – Sayf al-Dawla in power. 962 – City sacked by the Byzantines...

tide of the conflict, however. Following the sack of Sayf al-Dawla's own residence, Aleppo, in December 962, the Byzantines under Nikephoros Phokas, who...

by early 962 returned some 55 walled tows in Cilicia to Byzantium. Not many months later, the Phokas brothers were beneath the walls of Aleppo. The Byzantines...

Emir of Aleppo Sayf al-Dawla was engaged in annual raids into Byzantine Anatolia. Nikephoros took Cilicia and even Aleppo in 962, sacking the palace of the...

the Hamdanid dynasty Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Daula. 960–962: Siege of Chandax. Huge amphibious expedition against the Emirate of Crete under Nikephoros Phokas...

Siege of Emesa 636 – Battle of Yarmouk 637 – Siege of Jerusalem Battle of Hazir 637 – Siege of Aleppo Battle of the Iron Bridge 638 – Siege of Germanicia...

for Abu'l-Asha'ir, and 962 for Abu Firas). His nephew Muhammad, son of Nasir al-Dawla, was captured, while the qadi of Aleppo, Abu'l-Husayn al-Raqqi,...

Hamdanid ruler of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla, over control of the region of Cilicia in southeastern Anatolia. Since the Muslim conquests of the 7th century,...

essentially placed Nikephoros in charge of the eastern Byzantine army. From 955, the Hamdanids in Aleppo entered a period of unbroken decline until their destruction...

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highly successful raid into Cilicia and Syria, which culminated in the sack of Aleppo. Phokas was proclaimed emperor by his men in July and marched on Constantinople...

willingness to recognize the independence of a unified Arab state stretching from Aleppo to Aden under the rule of the Hashemites. The British High Commissioner...

campaigns 944 Conquest of Aleppo 953 Battle of Marash 962 Siege of Aleppo 1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuq wars August 26, 1071 Battle of Manzikert 1090–1194 Nizari–Seljuk...

Arab–Byzantine wars – Sack of Aleppo: A Byzantine expeditionary force under General Nikephoros Phokas invades northern Syria, and sacks Aleppo, capital of the Hamdanid...

Samuel 11–12) Siege of Abel-beth-maachah (10th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Samuel 20:15–22) Siege of Gezer (10th century BC) Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC)...

calendar) of the Julian calendar. Spring – First Barons' War: The English army, led by John, King of England ("Lackland"), sacks the town of Berwick-on-Tweed...

channel of the Tigris. This system was first reported in 962[citation needed], when just 8,000 hectares of it remained in use, for the cultivation of date...

version up to 962 as part of the chronicle of Pseudo-Symeon. However, as the historian Anthony Kaldellis points out, a large part of the account of Symeon,...

(b. 953) Rogneda of Polotsk, Grand Princess of Kiev (b. 962) Sa'id al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo (Syria) Sancho Ramírez, king of Viguera (approximate...

legend of Princess Der Ling. Hong Kong University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-962-209-881-7. Hayter-Menzies, Grant (2008). Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess...