Battle of W.l.n.d.r

Battle of Wlndr
Part of the Hungarian invasions of Europe
DateMarch or April 934
Location
Somewhere in the First Bulgarian Empire probably Belgrade
Result Hungarian–Pecheneg victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire
First Bulgarian Empire
Muslims converted to Christianity
Principality of Hungary
Pechenegs
Muslim auxiliary troops
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Unknown
Strength
62,000 60,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy Heavy

The Battle of Wlndr was fought in 934 between the allied Hungarian-Pecheneg army and an army composing of the forces of the Byzantine Empire and First Bulgarian Empire, somewhere in the territory which belonged to the Bulgarian empire, near a large city called W.l.n.d.r (perhaps Belgrade), by the Arab historian and geographer Al-Masudi. The battle resulted in a great victory for the Hungarian-Pecheneg forces, which they followed with a devastating raid up to the walls of Constantinople, forcing the Byzantine Empire to pay them tribute for many years (until 957). Al-Masudi's account of the battle is "one of the greatest descriptions of the nomadic war tactics."


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