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al-Dumustuq

الدمستق

The Byzantine Domestic; in 315 he marched on Dabil with siege-towers, mangonels and naphtha-tubes, while raiders cut down a Tarsus squadron and slaughtered four hundred captives 1.

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Al-Dumustuq, a title for the commander of the Byzantines in a report that Ibn al-Athir relates. In 315 AH he marched with a great army against the city of Dabil, with siege engines, catapults and javelins that were thrown with fire. 2

A detachment came out from Tarsus and met the enemy forces. The Byzantines won, and captured four hundred men of the Muslims and put them to death in cold blood. 2

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 130
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.130
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