Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus

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Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus were the Muslim armies of the Iberian-based Umayyad Caliphate that expanded into and campaigned across parts of Western Europe in the early 8th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military force
allegiance Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
surface form: Umayyad Caliph of Damascus
baseOfOperations Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus

Córdoba
conflict Battle of Bordeaux (732)
Battle of Toulouse (721)
Battle of Tours
surface form: Battle of Tours (732)

Siege of Narbonne (719–720)
Umayyad conquest of Hispania
Umayyad expansion into Gaul
campaigns in Septimania
country Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus
ethnicComposition Arabs
Berbers
garrisoned Narbonne
other strongholds in Septimania
historicalSignificance represented the northernmost military expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate in Western Europe
their defeat at Tours (732) marked a limit to Umayyad expansion into Frankish territories
ideology Islamic expansion
militaryBranch cavalry
infantry
notableCommander Anbasa ibn Abi Sufyan
surface form: Anbasa ibn Suhaym al-Kalbi

al-Samh ibn Mālik al-Khawlānī
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi
surface form: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ghāfiqī
objective spread of Islamic rule
territorial expansion into Western Europe
operatedIn Aquitaine
Kingdom of the Franks
surface form: Frankish Kingdom

Iberian Peninsula
Languedoc
surface form: Septimania

Western Europe
opponent Duchy of Aquitaine
Frankish forces under Charles Martel
Visigothic army
surface form: Visigothic nobles
partOf Umayyad Caliphate
religion Islam
resultOf Umayyad conquest of Hispania
surface form: Umayyad conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom
timePeriod c. 711–732
early 8th century
usedLanguage Arabic
usedTactic cavalry charges
raids (ghazw)

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Battle of Tours combatant2 Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
Battle of Covadonga opponent Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
this entity surface form: Umayyad forces in al-Andalus
Battle of Covadonga belligerent Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
this entity surface form: Muslim forces of al-Andalus
siege of Debal militaryBranch Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
this entity surface form: Umayyad land forces
Battle of Ourique belligerent Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus
this entity surface form: Muslim armies of al-Andalus