Battle of Sufetula (647)

Battle of Sufetula
Part of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb and Arab–Byzantine wars
Date647
Location35°13′47″N 9°7′46″E / 35.22972°N 9.12944°E / 35.22972; 9.12944
Result Rashidun victory
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Abdallah ibn Sa'd
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
Uqba ibn Nafi
Gregory the Patrician 
Strength
20,000 men[1] 120,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy
Battle of Sufetula is located in Tunisia
Battle of Sufetula
Battle of Sufetula
Location within Tunisia

The Battle of Sufetula (Arabic: معركة سبيطلة, romanizedMa'rakat Sbeitla) took place in 647 between the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa.[2]

  1. ^ a b معركة سبيطلة سنة 27هـ، مقال لمحمد منير الجنباز، شبكة الألوكة Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Kaegi, Walter E. (2010). Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-19677-2.

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