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Sack of Aleppo (962)
| Sack of Aleppo (962) | |||||||
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| Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Capture_of_Berroia_by_the_Byzantines.png) Capture of Aleppo by the Byzantines, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hamdanid Dynasty | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sayf al-Dawla Naja al-Kasaki |
Nikephoros Phokas John Tzimiskes Theodore Parsakoutenos † | ||||||
The sack of Aleppo in December 962 was carried out by the Byzantine Empire under Nikephoros Phokas. Aleppo was the capital of the Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla, the Byzantines' chief antagonist at the time.
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