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Battle of Azaz

The Battle of Azaz was an engagement fought in August 1030 near the Syrian town of Azaz between the Byzantine army, led by Emperor Romanos III Argyros (r. 1028–1034) in person, and the forces of the Mirdasid Emirate of Aleppo, likewise under the personal command of Emir Shibl al-Dawla Nasr (r. 1029–1038).

Battle of Azaz
Battle of Azaz · Unknown, 13th-century author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1030
Where
Azaz
Era
Medieval

Topics

Syria1,274 BCE – today

Before and after

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