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غارة الروم على طرسوس البحرية سنة 345

غارة الروم على طرسوس البحرية سنة 345

956 CE · 345 AH

In 345 the Romans struck Tarsus from the sea, killing eighteen hundred men, burning the surrounding villages and carrying off their people 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Anatolia
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

Overview

The news came in 345 AH that the Byzantines pushed into the people of Tarsus on the sea and killed eighteen hundred men of them. 2

What followed the raid

Ibn al-Jawzi says that they burned the villages around Tarsus and took their people captive. 2

The Gregorian date is derived from the Hijri date.

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, p. 672
  2. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, p.672
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islam.museum contributors. “غارة الروم على طرسوس البحرية سنة 345”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/tarsus-raid-345/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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