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 Umayyad Caliphate |
 Duchy of Aquitaine | ||||||||
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Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi |
Odo the Great | ||||||||
  Battle of Bordeaux Location within France | |||||||||
The Battle of the River Garonne, also known as the Battle of Bordeaux,[1] was fought in 732 between an Umayyad army led by Abdul Rahman Al-Ghafiqi, governor of Al-Andalus, and Aquitanian forces led by Duke Odo of Aquitaine.
- ^ Matthew Bennett The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare 1579581161 1998 p319 "In 732 a large army of (70,000-80,000) men led by Abd ar-Rahman defeated the Aquitainians under Duke Eudo at the Battle of Bordeaux"