Capture of Thebasa
| Capture of Thebasa (793) | |||||||
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| Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars | |||||||
Map of Byzantine Asia Minor and the Byzantine-Arab frontier region c. 780 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Byzantine Empire | Abbasid Caliphate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Abdul-Rahman bin Abd al-Malik | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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400 killed Unknown number of captives | Unknown | ||||||
The Capture of Thebasa was a military engagement between the Abbasids and the Byzantines in the fort of Thebasa. An Arab raiding force captured and sacked Thebasa, reducing the fortress into ruins.