Second Arab siege of Constantinople begins
07/15/717 AD attacked
Maslama leads a huge army, reported to have numbered 120,000 men and 1,800 ships.
Maslama was the leading general in the plans of his brother, Caliph Sulayman, to conquer the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, as Sulayman himself was too ill to lead the campaign in person.
Subjects Who or What attacked?
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Umayyad Caliphate (Omayyad, ٱلْخِلافَةُ ٱلأُمَوِيَّة) The second of the four m... -
Sulayman (Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik) Umayyad Caliph 715 – ... -
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik ( مسلمة بن عبد الملك, Μασαλμᾶς, Masalmas) Umayyad prince and promi...
Objects To Whom or What was attacked?
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Byzantine Empire Traditionally begins wit... -
Leo III the Isaurian ( the Syrian, Konon) Emperor of the Byzantine...
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