Battle of Sufetula (647)

For the 6th-century battle at the same location, see Battle of Sufetula (546 or 547).
Battle of Sufetula
Part of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb and Arab–Byzantine wars
Date647
Location
Sufetula, North Africa (modern Tunisia)
35°13′47″N 9°7′46″E / 35.22972°N 9.12944°E / 35.22972; 9.12944
Result Rashidun victory
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Abdallah ibn Sa'd
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
Uqba ibn Nafi		 Gregory the Patrician †
Strength
20,000 men[1] (Arab claim) 120,000 men[1] (Arab claim)
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy
Battle of Sufetula is located in Tunisia
Battle of Sufetula
Battle of Sufetula
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Location within Tunisia

The Battle of Sufetula (Arabic: معركة سبيطلة, romanized: Ma'rakat Sbeitla) took place in 647 between the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa.[2]

  1. ^ a b معركة سبيطلة سنة 27هـ، مقال لمحمد منير الجنباز، شبكة الألوكة Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Kaegi, Walter E. (2010). Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-19677-2.