Battle of Bagdoura
Battle of the Berber Revolt; decisive Berber victory / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Bagdoura (or Baqdura) was a decisive confrontation in the Berber Revolt in late 741 CE. It was a follow-up to the Battle of the Nobles the previous year, and resulted in a major Berber victory over the Arabs by the Sebou River (near modern Fes). The battle would permanently break the hold of the Umayyad Caliphate over the far western Maghreb (Modern day Morocco), and the resulting retreat of elite Syrian forces into Spain would have implications for the stability of al-Andalus.
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Battle of Bagdoura | |||||||
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Part of the Berber Revolt | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Umayyad Caliphate | Berber rebels | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Kulthum ibn Iyad † Balj ibn Bishr Tha'laba ibn Salama Habib ibn Abi Ubayda † |
Khalid ibn Hamid al-Zanati Salim Abu Yusuf al-Azdi | ||||||
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30,000 Syrians[2] 40,000 Ifriqiyans[3] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
18,000 Syrians[4] 20,000 Ifriqiyans[4] | Unknown |
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