Sack of Aleppo (962)
The sack of Aleppo in December 962 was carried out by the Byzantine Empire under Nikephoros Phokas. Aleppo was the capital of the Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla, the Byzantines' chief antagonist at the time.
| Sack of Aleppo (962) | |||||||
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| Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars | |||||||
Capture of Aleppo by the Byzantines, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hamdanid Dynasty | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
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Sayf al-Dawla Naja al-Kasaki |
Nikephoros Phokas John Tzimiskes Theodore Parsakoutenos † | ||||||
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