Battle of Sufetula (647)
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For the 6th-century battle at the same location, see Battle of Sufetula (546 or 547).
The Battle of Sufetula (Arabic: معركة سبيطلة, romanized: Ma'rakat Sbeitla) took place in 647 between the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa.[2]
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Part of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb and Arab–Byzantine wars | |||||||
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Rashidun Caliphate | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
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Abdallah ibn Sa'd Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Uqba ibn Nafi | Gregory the Patrician † | ||||||
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20,000 men[1] | 120,000 men[1] | ||||||
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Unknown | Heavy | ||||||
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