Battle of Charpete
| Battle of Charpete (938) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars | |||||||
 Map of the Arab-Byzantine frontier zone | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
| Byzantine Empire | Hamdanid dynasty | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| John Kourkouas | Sayf al-Dawla | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000 men | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
Heavy 70 patricians captured | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Charpete was a military engagement between the Hamdanid Arabs and the Byzantine army near the fort of Charpete. The Arabs under Sayf al-Dawla defeated a Byzantine advance guard and forced John Kourkouas to retreat.