Battle of Toulouse (721)

Battle of Toulouse
Part of the Islamic invasion of Gaul

Toulouse seen from the hills of Pech-David
Date9 June 721
Location
Result Aquitanian victory[1]
Belligerents
Duchy of Aquitaine[1] Umayyad Caliphate[1]
Commanders and leaders
Odo the Great[1] Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani [1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Toulouse (721) was a victory of an Aquitanian Christian army led by Odo the Great, Duke of Aquitaine over an Umayyad Muslim army besieging the city of Toulouse, led by al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, the Umayyad wāli (governor-general) of al-Andalus. The decisive Aquitanian victory checked the spread of Umayyad control westward from Narbonne into Aquitaine.

  1. ^ a b c d e Baker, Patrick S. (2013). "The Battle of the River Berre". Medieval Warfare. 3 (2). Karwansaray BV: 44–48. ISSN 2211-5129. JSTOR 48578218. After three months, Eudo the Great, Duke of Aquitaine, lifted the siege. Eudo's army decimated the Moors, killed As-Sahm and drove the survivors from Aquitaine.