Battle of Toulouse (721)

For other battles with the same name, see Battle of Toulouse.
Battle of Toulouse
Part of the Islamic invasion of Gaul

Toulouse seen from the hills of Pech-David
Date9 June 721
Location
Toulouse, Duchy of Aquitaine, Francia
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.