Battle of Tours

When

14 Oct 732

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

46.99° N, 0.53° E

Description

battle fought in 732 by Merovingian Franks against the Umayyad Caliphate

732 battle of the Umayyad invasion of Gaul

The Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of the Highway of the Martyrs, was fought on 10 October 732, and was an important battle during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul. It resulted in victory for the Frankish and Aquitanian forces, led by Charles Martel, over the invading Umayyad forces, led by Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi, governor of al-Andalus.

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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 Tours: The Frankish and Burgundian forces under Charles Martel defeat a large army of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, near Poitiers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Puvatya Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “18. oder 25. Oktober: In der Schlacht von Tours und Poitiers siegen die Franken unter Karl Martell über die Araber und stoppen damit die Islamische Expansion…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Charles Martel stoppe l'avance des Sarrasins à la bataille dite de Poitiers ou de Tours (lieu-dit Moussay-la-Bataille)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Пуатье”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Poitiers, batalla de los andalusíes contra los francos al mando de Carlos Martel, derrota (relativa) de los andalusíes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة بلاط الشهداء التي وقعت قرب العاصمة الفرنسية باريس”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد تور: نیروهای فرانکی و بورگوندی به فرماندهی شارل مارتل، ارتش بزرگی از عبدالرحمن الغفیقی را در نزدیکی پواتیه شکست دادند و پیشروی مسلمانان به اروپای غربی را…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “圖爾戰役，回教徒受挫於法國鐵鎚查理。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “トゥール・ポワティエ間の戦いで、カール・マルテル率いるフランク王国軍がウマイヤ朝軍を破る”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page