Siege of Nicaea

When

727

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

40.43° N, 29.72° E

Description

Unsuccessful attempt by the Umayyad Caliphate to capture the Byzantine city of Nicaea in 727

Part of the Arab–Byzantine Wars

The siege of Nicaea of 727 was an unsuccessful attempt by the Umayyad Caliphate to capture the Byzantine city of Nicaea, the capital of the Opsician Theme. Ever since its failure to capture the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople, in 717–718, the Caliphate had launched a series of raids into Byzantine Asia Minor.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Nicaea: Muslim forces under Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (son of Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik) penetrate deep into Asia Minor”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “İznik Kuşatması : Muaviye bin Hişâm (Emevi halifesi Hişâm bin Abdülmelik'in oğlu) komutasındaki Müslüman kuvvetleri Küçük Asya'nın derinliklerine nüfuz eder ve…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Islamische Expansion: Nach vierzig Tagen der Belagerung von Nikäa brechen die Umayyaden den Versuch ab, die byzantinische Stadt Nikäa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sitio de Nicea”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page