Stelle Mohabia Sarracenorum rex, centum mi...; (Chronica Byzantina-Arabica (741 - 743), Chroniques Anni 741, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §27 (p. 316)) [5625]

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Text Chronica Byzantina-Arabica (741 - 743) Anonymous - History
Quotation Mohabia Sarracenorum rex, centum milia uirorum, que Yzit filio suo, cui et regnum decruerat, famularentur obsequio, direxit at Constantinopolim debellandum. Quam dum per omne uerni temporis [hora] obsidione congerent et famis ac pestilentie laborem non tolarent, relicta urbe, plurima oppida capientes, onusti preda Damascum et regem, a quo directi fuerant, post biennium salutifere reuiserunt.
Translation Moabia the king of the Saracens directed 100,000 of his men, who might attend in obedience to his son Yzit (to whom he had also decreed the kingdom), to assault the city of Constantinople. But as they surrounded it for the whole springtime and could not bear the toil of hunger and pestilence, they abandoned the city and captured very many towns. Loaded with booty, they returned to Damascus and the king, by whom they had been directed, after a period of healing of two years. (Al-Tamimi, trans., “Byzantine-Arabic Chronicle”, 2019)
Summary Here the Chronica Byzantina Arabica recounts the first Arab siege of Constantinople, led by Yazid bin Mu’awiya.
Quotation source Chroniques Anni 741, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §27 (p. 316)
Temporal Coverage 674 - 678
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