Battle of the Orontes

Name: Battle of the Orontes
Start: 0994-09-15

15 Sep 994 · 35.25° N, 36.58° E

What the records say

When: 15 Sep 994
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 35.25° N, 36.58° E
Description: between the Byzantines and their Hamdanid allies against the forces of the Fatimid vizier of Damascus

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Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid forces, under Turkish general Manjutakin (also the governor of Damascus), besiege Apamea (modern Syria)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le duc byzantin d’Antioche, Michel Bourtzès, qui cherchait à soutenir Alep, est battu par les forces fatimides à la bataille des gués de l'Oronte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “15 сентября 994 года — сражение на Оронте — войска Византийской империи и её хамданидские союзники потерпели поражение от войск Фамитидского халифата”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page