Battle of the Orontes

Battle of the Orontes
Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars
Map of the Arab–Byzantine frontier zone
Date 15 September 994 Location Orontes River (Syria) Result Fatimid victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Hamdanids	Fatimid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Michael Bourtzes	Manjutakin
Casualties and losses
at least 5,000	Unknown

The Battle of the Orontes was fought on 15 September 994 between the Byzantines and their Hamdanid allies under Michael Bourtzes against the forces of the Fatimid vizier of Damascus, the Turkish general Manjutakin. The battle was a Fatimid victory.^[1]