| Siege of Carmona (763) | |||||||
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Abderramanalmu%C3%B1ecar.jpg) Abd al-Rahman I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Emirate of Córdoba |
 Abbasid Caliphate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Abd al-Rahman I |
al-Ala ibn Mughith al-Judhami † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 700 men | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 2000 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.