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Balat al-Shuhada

بلاط الشهداء

The 'Martyrs' Causeway' in Francia — Poitiers — where al-Ghafiqi's army was destroyed in Ramadan 114; the battle took its name from the place 1.

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Balat al-Shuhada (Poitiers): a place in the land of the Franks. The army of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi, the commander of al-Andalus, was struck there in Ramadan in the year 114 AH, and the battle is known by it, according to al-Maqqari. 2

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi
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Battle of Balat al-Shuhada

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Battle of Balat al-Shuhada· Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi

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  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 272
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.272
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islam.museum contributors. “Balat al-Shuhada”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/balat-al-shuhada/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Battle of Balat al-Shuhada

Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi's great raid into Francia ended in Ramadan 114 at Balat al-Shuhada — 'the Martyrs' Causeway', the Poitiers of Frankish memory — where his army was destroyed.