Amorium
عمورية
The Phrygian capital stormed by al-Mu'tasim in 223 — delivered by its patrikios Lawi, sacked for four days while the caliph dreamed of Constantinople 1.
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Ammuriyya (Amorium): a city in the land of the Romans. al-Mu'tasim camped before it in the year 223 AH, after the conquest of many fortresses, and Lawi the patrician came out to him and handed it over, according to al-Mas'udi. 2
al-Mas'udi reports that al-Mu'tasim stayed before it for four days, demolishing and burning, and that he wanted to march on Constantinople, but the revolt of al-Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun turned him away. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 450
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.450
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islam.museum contributors. “Amorium”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ammuriyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.