What the records say
- When
- 958
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.71° N, 37.46° E
- Description
- 958 battle between Arabs and Byzantines
Battle of Raban
Battle Between Arabs and Byzantium
The Battle of Raban was an engagement fought in autumn 958 near the fortress of Raban between the Byzantine army, led by John Tzimiskes, and the forces of the Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo under the famed emir Sayf al-Dawla. The battle was a major victory for the Byzantines, and contributed to the demise of Hamdanid military power, which in the early 950s had proven a great challenge to Byzantium.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Raban: The Byzantines under John Tzimiskes defeat the Hamdanid forces in northern Syria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Осень — сражение при Рабане”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page