وقعة بلاط الشهداء
وقعة بلاط الشهداء
c. October 732 CE · c. Ramadan 114 AH
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi's great raid into Francia ended in Ramadan 114 at Balat al-Shuhada — 'the Martyrs' Causeway', the Poitiers of Frankish memory — where his army was destroyed 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
al-Maqqari, in "Nafh al-Tib", relates that Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi, amir of al-Andalus, raided the land of the Franks. His army was struck in Ramadan 114 AH at a place known as Balat al-Shuhada, and the raid became known by it. 1
A modern reading
The Salabi book on the Umayyad state says that the commander tried to revive the project of Musa ibn Nusayr about twenty years after it had been lost. The book holds that Musa had been planning to cross the Pyrenees, and that al-Walid's summons of him ended the project. 2
The Gregorian date (around October 732 CE) is derived by conversion.
Connections
- Occurred at
- بلاط الشهداء
- Had participant
- عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله الغافقي
People and things also explored
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 272
- الدولة الأموية: عوامل الازدهار وتداعيات الانهيار — علي محمد الصلابي (الجزء الثاني، 2005), p.79-80
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islam.museum contributors. “وقعة بلاط الشهداء”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/balat-al-shuhada/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.