Siege of Melite (870)
The siege of Melite was the capture of the Byzantine city of Melite (modern Mdina, Malta) by an invading Aghlabid army in 870 AD. The siege was initially led by Halaf al-Hādim, a renowned engineer, but he was killed and replaced by Sawāda Ibn Muḥammad. The city withstood the siege for some weeks or months, but it ultimately fell to the invaders, and its inhabitants were massacred and the city was sacked.
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Siege of Melite (870)
The siege of Melite was the capture of the Byzantine city of Melite (modern Mdina, Malta) by an invading Aghlabid army in 870 AD. The siege was initially led by Halaf al-Hādim, a renowned engineer, but he was killed and replaced by Sawāda Ibn Muḥammad. The city withstood the siege for some weeks or months, but it ultimately fell to the invaders, and its inhabitants were massacred and the city was sacked.
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Byzantine Empire
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*Malta depopulated until around the 11th century
*Melite captured and destroyed
Decisive Aghlabid victory
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A possible reconstruction of the Roman walls of Melite
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Amros
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Halaf al-Hādim
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Sawāda Ibn Muḥammad
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Siege of Melite
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October 2017
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the Muslim conquest of Sicily
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Melite, Byzantine Empire
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Who exactly? Was it the Fatimids/Zirids/Hammudids? Someone else?
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*Melite captured and destroyed
*Malta depopulated until around the 11th century
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Decisive Aghlabid victory
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Malta 1. History
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