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Treaty of Safar: The Byzantine Annexation of Aleppo The Treaty of Safar marked a pivotal shift in the geopolitical landscape of the 10th century, signaling the formal end of the Hamdanid ...
Read Treaty of Safar: The Byzantine Annexation of AleppoSack of Aleppo (962): The Byzantine Triumph over the Hamdanids In December 962, the city of Aleppo—the jewel of northern Syria—fell to the forces of the Byzantine Empire. This event was n...
Read Sack of Aleppo (962): The Byzantine Triumph over the HamdanidsHamdanid Dynasty: The Shia Arab Rulers of Mesopotamia and Syria The Hamdanid dynasty (Arabic: al-Ḥamdāniyyūn) was a prominent Shia Muslim Arab dynasty that exerted significant influence o...
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