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Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
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Fourth Islamic caliphate (909–1171)
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Battle of the Orontes
994 battle of the Arab-Byzantine Wars
The Battle of the Orontes was fought on 15 September 994 between the Byzantines and their Hamdanid allies under Michael Bourtzes against the forces of the Fatimid vizier of Damascus, the Turkish general Manjutakin. The battle was a Fatimid victory.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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