Battle of Wlndr | |||||||
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Part of the Hungarian invasions of Europe | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Byzantine Empire First Bulgarian Empire Muslims converted to Christianity |
Principality of Hungary Pechenegs Muslim auxiliary troops | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
62,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy | Heavy |
The Battle of Wlndr was fought in 934 between the allied Hungarian-Pecheneg army and an army composing of the forces of the Byzantine Empire and First Bulgarian Empire, somewhere in the territory which belonged to the Bulgarian empire, near a large city called W.l.n.d.r (perhaps Belgrade), by the Arab historian and geographer Al-Masudi. The battle resulted in a great victory for the Hungarian-Pecheneg forces, which they followed with a devastating raid up to the walls of Constantinople, forcing the Byzantine Empire to pay them tribute for many years (until 957). Al-Masudi's account of the battle is "one of the greatest descriptions of the nomadic war tactics."