What the records say
- When
- 870
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 35.88° N, 14.40° E
- Description
- battle during the Muslim conquest of Sicily (870 CE)
Siege of Melite (870)
Battle during the Muslim conquest of Sicily
The siege of Melite was the capture of the Byzantine city of Melite by an invading Aghlabid army in 870 AD. The siege was initially led by Halaf al-Hādim, a renowned engineer, but he was killed and replaced by Sawāda Ibn Muḥammad. The city withstood the siege for some weeks or months, but it ultimately fell to the invaders, and its inhabitants were massacred and the city was sacked.
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