Sack of Aleppo (962)
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The sack of Aleppo in December 962 was carried out by the Byzantine Empire under Nikephoros Phokas. Aleppo was the capital of the Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla, the Byzantines' chief antagonist at the time.
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Sack of Aleppo (962) | |||||||
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Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars | |||||||
Capture of Aleppo by the Byzantines, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes | |||||||
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Hamdanid Dynasty | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
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Sayf al-Dawla Naja al-Kasaki |
Nikephoros Phokas John Tzimiskes Theodore Parsakoutenos † |
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