The Battle of Tours is normally called Battle of Poitiers, there is another conflict that is called Battle of Poitiers it happened in 1356. Dont be confused between the 2
The Battle of Tours ( Battle of Poitiers ) happened on October 10, 732, it was fought by the Frankish leader Charles Martel and the other side was a Muslim ground forces who ‘s leader was Emir Abdul Rahman AI Ghafiqi Abd Al Rahman.
It happened near metropolis of Tours, France.
THE BATTLE OF TOURS # 2
The Franks had defeated the Islamic ground forces and besides Emir Abd er Rahman was killed. The conflict had stopped the progress towards North of Islam from the Iberian Peninsula.
One clip the Islamic was infesting the old remains of the Roman and Iranian Empires. Estimates one of the Frankish ground forces was supporting Gaul different in size.
They say the deceases were 15,000 and 75,000. In St.Denis were approximately 1,500. The Muslims lost between 60,000 and 400,000 horse.
Charles Martel
Battle of Tourss # 3
The Islamic ground forces is really difficult to gauge in size, because it was normally broken into busting parties, the whole Muslim ground forces was at Tours and Abd er Rahman waited for six yearss to get down the conflict.
On the 7th twenty-four hours the conflict began and both ground forcess had the strength, the Muslims in North of Spain overran Septimania, and made a capital at Narbonne they called it Arbuna.
Duke Odo of Auqitaine besides called Eudes the Great had won a little battle 721 in the Battle of Toulouse but the Arabs kept busting.
Battle of Tours # 4
At 725 they went far as metropolis of Autun in Burgundy, the Muslims were attacked by the Arabs and the Franks, in 730 Eudes made Alliess with Uthman ibn Naissa, who was called Munuza by the Frankish.
Uthman was given Eudes ‘s girl Lampade for matrimony to do an armistice, but the following twelvemonth after that Uthman rebelled against the governer of al-Andalus.
Duke Eudes ( was called male monarch by some ) , brought his ground forces in Bordeaux, but the ground forces had lost, when they lost Christians were slaughtered at the River Garrone.
Battle of Tours # 5
Muslim equestrians was destroyed, Duke Eudes asked the Franks for aid, in 732 the Arabians moved their force and was traveling to north to River Loire.
The Gaul opposition ran out of supplies so they were destroyed, the Arabian splits into busting parties because they were running out of supplies they looted Gaul.
Charles Martel was in defensive signifier in the conflict.
The conflict of Tourss # 6
The Franks had good vesture for the cold and that gave them an advantage, Arabs were non ready for the cold and did n’t desire to assail.
The Arabs wanted to come out into the unfastened and the Franks was doing a tight defence, so the war became a waiting conflict and Charles Martel had won.
On the 7th twenty-four hours the battle began, because Abd er Rahman did n’t desire to travel the conflict to another clip, Abd er Rahman thought his high quality of the horse was good plenty.
The conflict of Tourss # 7
The Muslim ground forces trusted that the horse would give a advantage, the horse had won in old conflicts, medival foot fought with the horse.
The horse broke up but the Frankish did n’t interrupt, the conflict might hold been different but the Muslims were still under control.
Some people said on the 2nd twenty-four hours the Frankish lookouts raided the cantonment and the supply, a large portion of the ground forces went back to the cantonment to salvage their supplies and it seemed to be like a retreat so after that it became a retreat.
The conflict of Tourss # 8
When Abd er Rahman was seeking to acquire back the order of his work forces, who had abled to interrupt inside the defence, Abd er Rahman was killed by acquiring surrounded by the Frankish ground forces.
Besides the Arab ground forces were pushed back south over the Pyrenees, Charles got his nickname Martel, Martel meant cock, Charles Martels was able to drive the Muslims from France.
The Battle of Tourss # 9
When the Muslim ground forces trusted the horsemen/cavalry that they would give an advantage they would of idea that because in other conflicts they would win.
After the conflict of Tourss
AFTer the conflict of Tourss
736, the Cailiphate tried to occupy once more, but this clip they tried by sea, it was ordered by Abdul Rahman ‘s boy, they started in Narbonne in 736 and so took Arles.
In 736, Charles took back Montfrin and Avignon, and Arles and Aix-en-Provence with some aid of Liutprand, King of Lombards, Nimes, Agde, and Beziers, He smashed a Muslim force at the River Berre.
They went to confront the chief invasion at Narbonne, he defeated a mighty host, it was the first clip for him to utilize heavy horse, he defeated the Muslim ground forces but he failed to acquire back the metropolis he was besides outnumbered when he stroked.
After the conflict of Tourss # 2
Charles was a superb strategic general, at 736-737 he destroyed Muslim bases in Gaul, Charles failed to take back Narbonne in 737.
The Cit was defended by Muslims, Arabs and Christian Visigoth citizens, Pippin the short got power and needed to acquire the metropolis to give up, in 759, so he would seek to drive the Arabs back to Iberia, and convey Narbonne back and into the Frankish.
His Grandson, Charlamagne, so became the first Christian as a swayer, in the east Peninsula Frankish emperors the Pyrenees where today is Catalonia, they reconquered Girona in 785 and besides Barcelona in 801.
The Spread of ISLAM
The Spread of ISLAM
Arabians spread Islam to the Middle East, North Africa, and besides Iberia, and they did this in a truly short clip, they so began to distribute as far west to Span and Portugal and east in Central Asia and besides the Southwest Pacific.
Mohammed died in 632 and he died with a really interesting conflict in history, the Arab folk spread hurriedly so it became a major faith of the universe and the most common in from North Africa to Central Asia.
Spread of Islam # 2
Islam was spread by blade, the Arabs were attacked by two strong empires the Byzantine and Sasanian Persian, the Arabs needed 8 old ages to suppress Syria and besides 7 old ages to suppress Iraq.
They took Egypt 2 old ages, Moors got Spain and Portugal in 5 old ages, the Arabs went to Central Asia and Indian subcontinent, the Islam spread into Middle East and it was accomplished by the Arab winning Byzantine Empire.
Arabians went through sanctum land and Mesopotamia, by forcing back the Byzatines, Arab armies got weakened by contending Byzantine Empire.
Spread of Islam # 3
The Arabs destroyed larger Iranian ground forcess, the Arabs first got control of Mesopotamia so they took over Persia, so Arab brought in Islam into Egypt, Arabs conquered most of Egypt, Arab general Amr ibn Al Aas was given bid by Mohammed, he brought a ground forces of 4,000 equestrians.
They were all armed with spears, blades, and besides bows, Amr ‘s mission was to assail the fortress of Babylon ( Bab al Yun )
Spread of Islam # 4
Babylon was the antonym of the island of Rawdah in the Nile River at the highest point of Delta to Alexandria it was hazardous but the Arab ‘s ground forces supports came and made the Arab ground forces to hold more work forces.
Byzantine ‘s ground forces could be able to retreat, Amr brought his ground forces to Alexandria but the governer chose to give up and non assail the ground forces.
Spread of islam # 5
Then the Arab ground forces went to North Africa, and they succeeded once more The emperor of Byzantine ( Leo III ) in 718, made Arab lose a conflict and lose a district.
Moors got most of the Iberian Peninsula but so after he was defeated by a Frankish ground forces and Charles Martel in bid near Tours in 732.
Then Moors gave up South of the Pyrenees.
Spread of Islam # 6
The Muslim ground forcess after they got Persia went to Central Asia, ( 651 ) the Arab ground forces fought against Turkic Tribes in Central Asia, Islam got the Indus vale in the eighth century.
Islam so went to India Sub-continent in India there was no conquest ground forcess and India was already established good with spiritual beliefs.
Spread of Islam # 7
Islam was brought to Coastal India so began to make Malaysia and Indonesia. The Arabs did n’t command coastal India, because India was a unfastened society.
The Arab bargainers were non allowed to work in India, Arab bargainers made markets more to the E, really they merely went east to merchandise but it turned into sharing faith.
Spread of Islam # 8
They built merchandising ports in Malaysia, trading happened at that place because Chinese points came from North, East Asian ships to Arab or Indian ships possibly Europe to.
Traders at that clip needed to hold arms and armour.
Islam Spreading and Battles
Islam Spreading and Battles
Islam spread truly fast and truly far, in the yesteryear, the Battle of Tours in 732, the Battle of Tours Islam leader Abd er Rahman was really considered a bad general/leader.
The map of all the conquered topographic points by Islam
Islam Spreading and Battles
It was besides astonishing how Charles Martel got back so many metropoliss with his ground forces and so finally defeated the Arab and Islam ground forcess.
The Islam and Arab were defeated
by Abd Er Rahman acquiring
surrounded and killed.
Islam Spreading and Battles
Islam was spread quickly in a short clip so it sort of seemed like the Islamic people and Arabs were sort of like the “ Strongest at the clip when they conquered all the metropoliss, states, etc.
