Battle of Anzen

When

22 Jul 838

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

40.39° N, 36.09° E

Description

battle in Asia Minor between Byzantines and Abbasids (838 CE)

838 battle of the Arab-Byzantine wars

The Battle of Anzen or Dazimon was fought on 22 July 838 at Anzen or Dazimon between the Byzantine Empire and the forces of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Abbasids had launched a massive expedition with two separate armies in retaliation for the Byzantine emperor Theophilos's successes the previous year, and aimed to sack Amorion, one of Byzantium's largest cities.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Anzen: Caliph al-Mu'tasim launches a major punitive expedition against the Byzantine Empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dazimon Muharebesi: Halife El-Mu'tasim, Orta Anadolu'nun iki büyük Bizans kale şehrini (Ancyra ve Amorium) hedef alarak Bizans İmparatorluğu'na karşı büyük bir…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Dazimon besiegen Truppen der Abbasiden unter Afschin die des byzantinischen Kaisers Theophilos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Анзене”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “الحروب الإسلامية البيزنطية: جيش الإمبراطور ثيوفيلوس البيزنطي يتلقى هزيمة منكرة في معركة أنزن من قبل جيش المعتصم العباسي”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد آنزن: ​​خلیفه معتصم لشکرکشی تنبیهی بزرگی را علیه امپراتوری بیزانس آغاز می‌کند و دو شهر-دژِ مهم بیزانس در آناتولی مرکزی”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page