Siege of Kamacha

When

Oct 766 – Dec 766

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

39.60° N, 39.04° E

Description

part of the Arab–Byzantine Wars

Part of the Arab–Byzantine Wars

The siege of Kamacha by the Abbasid Caliphate took place in autumn 766, and involved the siege of the strategically important Byzantine fortress of Kamacha on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, as well as a large-scale raid across eastern Cappadocia by a part of the Abbasid invasion army.

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