Battle of Alexandretta
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The Battle of Alexandretta was the first clash between the forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate in Syria. It was fought in early 971 near Alexandretta, while the main Fatimid army was besieging Antioch, which the Byzantines had captured two years previously. The Byzantines, led by one of Emperor John I Tzimiskes' household eunuchs, lured a 4,000-strong Fatimid detachment to attack their empty encampment and then attacked them from all sides, destroying the Fatimid force. The defeat at Alexandretta, coupled with the invasion of southern Syria by the Qarmatians, forced the Fatimids to lift the siege and secured Byzantine control of Antioch and northern Syria.
971
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Byzantine Empire, Fatimid Caliphate, Byzantine Empire,
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Location: 36.5817, 36.165, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 1938 | Hatay State | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 38 | Battle of Amanus Pass | Roman Republic, Parthian Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 317 | Battle of Rhosos | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 332 | Battle of Issus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 194 | Battle of Issus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 622 | Heraclius' campaign of 622 | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 971 | Battle of Alexandretta | Byzantine Empire, battle, Fatimid Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1266 | Battle of Mari | battle, Mamluk Sultanate, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1832 | Battle of Beilan | Ottoman Empire, battle, Egypt Eyalet | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1832 | Battle of Belen Pass | Ottoman Empire, battle, Egypt Eyalet | Wikidata |
| site | castle | Trapessac | fortress, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Cin Kulesi | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 2009 | İskenderun Naval Museum | naval museum | Wikidata |