Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus

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army military force

Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus were the Muslim armies of the Iberian-based Umayyad Caliphate that expanded into and campaigned across parts of Western Europe in the early 8th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Muslim armies of al-Andalus 1
Muslim forces of al-Andalus 1
Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military force ⓘ
allegiance Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ⓘ
surface form: Umayyad Caliph of Damascus
baseOfOperations Andalusia ⓘ
surface form: Al-Andalus

Córdoba ⓘ
conflict Battle of Bordeaux (732) ⓘ
Battle of Toulouse (721) ⓘ
Battle of Tours ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Tours (732)

Siege of Narbonne (719–720) ⓘ
Umayyad conquest of Hispania ⓘ
Umayyad expansion into Gaul ⓘ
campaigns in Septimania ⓘ
country Andalusia ⓘ
surface form: Al-Andalus
ethnicComposition Arabs ⓘ
Berbers ⓘ
garrisoned Narbonne ⓘ
other strongholds in Septimania ⓘ
historicalSignificance represented the northernmost military expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate in Western Europe ⓘ
their defeat at Tours (732) marked a limit to Umayyad expansion into Frankish territories ⓘ
ideology Islamic expansion ⓘ
militaryBranch cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
notableCommander Anbasa ibn Abi Sufyan ⓘ
surface form: Anbasa ibn Suhaym al-Kalbi

al-Samh ibn Mālik al-Khawlānī ⓘ
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi ⓘ
surface form: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ghāfiqī
objective spread of Islamic rule ⓘ
territorial expansion into Western Europe ⓘ
operatedIn Aquitaine ⓘ
Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Kingdom

Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Languedoc ⓘ
surface form: Septimania

Western Europe ⓘ
opponent Duchy of Aquitaine ⓘ
Frankish forces under Charles Martel ⓘ
Visigothic army ⓘ
surface form: Visigothic nobles
partOf Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
resultOf Umayyad conquest of Hispania ⓘ
surface form: Umayyad conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom
timePeriod c. 711–732 ⓘ
early 8th century ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
usedTactic cavalry charges ⓘ
raids (ghazw) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Tours → combatant2 → Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus ⓘ
Battle of Covadonga → opponent → Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad forces in al-Andalus
Battle of Covadonga → belligerent → Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muslim forces of al-Andalus
siege of Debal → militaryBranch → Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad land forces
Battle of Ourique → belligerent → Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muslim armies of al-Andalus