Siege of Carmona (763)

Siege of Carmona (763)

Abd al-Rahman I
Date763
Location
Carmona, Spain
Result

Córdoban victory

Abbasids fail to capture Carmona
Belligerents
Emirate of Córdoba Abbasid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Abd al-Rahman I al-Ala ibn Mughith al-Judhami †
Umayyah ibn Qatan (POW)
Strength
700 men Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 2,000 killed

The siege of Carmona was a military engagement between the Umayyads and the Abbasids, who besieged the city of Carmona, where Abd al-Rahman garrisoned himself there, in an attempt to install Abbasid rule in Andalusia. The Umayyads decisively defeated the Abbasids and prevented their invasion.

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