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Al-Tabari mentions that in 283 AH, reporting a letter that came from Tarsus, the Slavs raided the Byzantines as far as Constantinople. 1
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The gates of the city were shut. Then the king of the Byzantines enlisted Muslims who were with him, and they drove the Slavs back. 1
The king later feared them, and sent them back and scattered them through the cities. 1
The report is taken from a letter that came from Tarsus and needs an additional source.
Sources
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.10 p.45
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islam.museum contributors. “The Saqaliba siege of Constantinople”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/slav-siege-of-constantinople/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.