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Battle of Narbonne

Battle of Narbonne was a siege conducted in AD 737 at Narbonne, in what is now France.

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Muslim troops leaving Narbonne to Pepin le Bref in 759.
Muslim troops leaving Narbonne to Pepin le Bref in 759.. Émile Bayard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtAD 737
WhereNarbonne, France43.184N, 3.003E
OutcomeFrankish Christian military success against the Umayyad Caliphate; Politically inconclusive; Frankish king Charles Martel besieged the city of Narbonne; Relieving Arab-Berber Muslim forces defeated by the Christian Franks at the battle of the River Berre; Umayyad strongholds destroyed by the Christian Franks throughout the whole region of Septimania; Andalusian garrison confined within the city of Narbonne.
Belligerents23px Umayyad Caliphateagainst23px Kingdom of Francia

Record

DateAD 737 (year precision)
PlaceNarbonne, France
43.184N, 3.003E
KindSiege, medieval
Commanders
  • Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri
  • Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between AD 436 and AD 793.

Elsewhere in AD 737

Battle of Narbonne is one of 158 engagements of the 8th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q587908, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Narbonne (737), revision 1370743892, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.