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Battle of Sufetula (647), the Glossary

The Battle of Sufetula (Ma'rakat Sbeitla) took place in 647 between the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa.^[1]

36 relations: Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Abd Allah ibn Sa'd, Agapius of Hierapolis, Amr ibn al-As, Arab conquest of Egypt, Arab–Byzantine wars, Berbers, Byzacena, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine North Africa, Carthage, Chalcedonian Christianity, Charles Diehl, Constans II, Constantinople, Cyrenaica, Denys Pringle, Exarchate of Africa, Gregory the Patrician, Heraclius, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Kinana, Monophysitism, Monothelitism, Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, North Africa, Rashidun army, Rashidun Caliphate, Sbeitla, Syriac language, Tripoli, Libya, Tripolitania, Tunisia, Umar, Uqba ibn Nafi, Uthman.
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Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr

Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (translit; May 624October/November 692) was the leader of a caliphate based in Mecca that rivaled the Umayyads from 683 until his death.

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Abd Allah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi al-Sarh (ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī al-Sarḥ) was an Arab administrator, scribe, and military commander, who was an early convert to, then later apostate from Islam but reverted to Islam later on.

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Agapius of Hierapolis

Agapius of Hierapolis, also called Maḥbūb ibn Qusṭanṭīn (died after 942), was a Melkite Christian historian and the bishop of Manbij.

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Amr ibn al-As

Amr ibn al-As ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi (translit; 664) was an Arab commander and companion of Muhammad who led the Muslim conquest of Egypt and served as its governor in 640–646 and 658–664. The son of a wealthy Qurayshite, Amr embraced Islam in and was assigned important roles in the nascent Muslim community by the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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Arab conquest of Egypt

The Arab conquest of Egypt, led by the army of 'Amr ibn al-'As, took place between 639 and 642 AD and was overseen by the Rashidun Caliphate. Battle of Sufetula (647) and Arab conquest of Egypt are 640s conflicts.

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Arab–Byzantine wars

The Arab–Byzantine wars were a series of wars from the 7th to 11th centuries between multiple Arab dynasties and the Byzantine Empire.

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Berbers

Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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Byzacena

Byzacena (or Byzacium) (Βυζάκιον, Byzakion) was a Late Roman province in the central part of Roman North Africa, which is now roughly Tunisia, split off from Africa Proconsularis. Battle of Sufetula (647) and Byzacena are Byzantine North Africa.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Byzantine North Africa

Byzantine rule in North Africa spanned around 175 years.

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Carthage

Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.

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Chalcedonian Christianity

Chalcedonian Christianity is a term referring to the branches of Christianity that accept and uphold theological resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council, held in 451.

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Charles Diehl

Charles Diehl (19 January 1859 – 1 November 1944) was a French historian born in Strasbourg.

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Constans II

Constans II (Kōnstas; 7 November 630 – 15 July 668), also called "the Bearded" (Pogonatus; ho Pōgōnãtos), was the Byzantine emperor from 641 to 668. Battle of Sufetula (647) and Constans II are 640s in the Byzantine Empire.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica or Kyrenaika (Barqah, Kurēnaïkḗ, after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya.

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Denys Pringle

Reginald Denys Pringle (born 20 September 1951) is a British archaeologist and medievalist.

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Exarchate of Africa

The Exarchate of Africa was a division of the Byzantine Empire around Carthage that encompassed its possessions on the Western Mediterranean. Battle of Sufetula (647) and Exarchate of Africa are Byzantine North Africa.

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Gregory the Patrician

Gregory the Patrician (Grēgórios; Flavius Gregorius, died 647) was a Byzantine Exarch of Africa (modern Tunisia, eastern Algeria and western Libya).

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Heraclius

Heraclius (Hērákleios; – 11 February 641) was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. Battle of Sufetula (647) and Heraclius are 640s in the Byzantine Empire.

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Ibn Abd al-Hakam

Abu'l Qāsim ʿAbd ar-Raḥman bin ʿAbdullah bin ʿAbd al-Ḥakam (أبو القاسمعبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن عبد الحكم), generally known simply as Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam (.

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Kinana

Kinana (Kināna) is an Arab tribe based around Mecca in the Tihama coastal area and the Hejaz mountains.

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Monophysitism

Monophysitism or monophysism (from Greek μόνος, "solitary" and φύσις, "nature") is a Christology that states that in the person of the incarnated Word (that is, in Jesus Christ) there was only one nature—the divine.

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Monothelitism

Monothelitism, or monotheletism was a theological doctrine in Christianity that was proposed in the 7th century, but was ultimately rejected by the sixth ecumenical council.

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Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

The Muslim conquest of the Maghreb or Arab conquest of North Africa by the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates commenced in 647 and concluded in 709, when the Byzantine Empire lost its last remaining strongholds to Caliph Al-Walid I. The North African campaigns were part of the century of rapid early Muslim conquests.

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North Africa

North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.

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Rashidun army

The Rashidun army was the core of the Rashidun Caliphate's armed forces during the early Muslim conquests in the 7th century.

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Rashidun Caliphate

The Rashidun Caliphate (al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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Sbeitla

Sbeitla (سبيطلة) is a small town in west-central Tunisia.

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Syriac language

The Syriac language (Leššānā Suryāyā), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (Urhāyā), the Mesopotamian language (Nahrāyā) and Aramaic (Aramāyā), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer to the dialect's literary usage and standardization, distinguishing it from other Aramaic dialects also known as 'Syriac' or 'Syrian'.

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Tripoli, Libya

Tripoli (translation) is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.183 million people in 2023.

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Tripolitania

Tripolitania (طرابلس), historically known as the Tripoli region, is a historic region and former province of Libya.

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Tunisia

Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.

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Umar

Umar ibn al-Khattab (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644.

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Uqba ibn Nafi

ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī al-Qurashī (ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī), also simply known as Uqba ibn Nafi, was an Arab general serving the Rashidun Caliphate since the reign of Umar and later the Umayyad Caliphate during the reigns of Mu'awiya I and Yazid I, leading the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, including present-day Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco and a failed attempt in Nubia. Battle of Sufetula (647) and Uqba ibn Nafi are Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.

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Uthman

Uthman ibn Affan (translit; 17 June 656) was the third caliph, ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656.

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Battle of Sufetula (647), the Glossary

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640s conflicts

640s in the Byzantine Empire

640s in the Rashidun Caliphate

647

Battles of the Arab–Byzantine wars

Byzantine North Africa

Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

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