Hisn Kamkh (Kamacha)
حصن كَمْخ
Hisn Kamkh (Kamacha), a fortress of the Armenian marches near Shimshat, contested raid after raid between Muslims and Romans: taken for Umayr ibn al-Habab in year 59 who climbed its wall alone, retaken by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, besieged with mangonels and armoured shelters in year 149 under al-Abbas ibn Muhammad until it fell after two hundred Muslims were killed by stones, taken again by Shimshat's governor in year 177, restored by Abdallah ibn Tahir in al-Ma'mun's caliphate, then delivered to the Romans by a plot of Shimshat's Christians with Yiqala and Baqrat ibn Ashut.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Connections
- Site of
- The Taking of Hisn Kamkh
People and things also explored
عبد الله بن طاهر· al-Abbas ibn Muhammad ibn Ali· al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba· Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik· Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal· Umayr ibn al-Habab al-Sulami· The Taking of Hisn Kamkh
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Hisn Kamkh (Kamacha)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/hisn-kamkh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.