The capital of Saif ad-Dawla, sacked by Nikephoros Phokas in a single brilliant campaigning season in which over 55 walled cities were also captured — the event that earned Phokas the nickname 'White Death of the Saracens.' Aleppo was later listed among the major cities Phokas reconquered in his eastern campaign.
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Episode 13 (3 mentions)
The capital of Saif ad-Dawla, sacked by Nikephoros Phokas in a single brilliant campaigning season in which over 55 walled cities were also captured — the event that earned Phokas the nickname 'White Death of the Saracens.' Aleppo was later listed among the major cities Phokas reconquered in his eastern campaign.
“The Arab ruler of Aleppo and Damascus, Saif Ad-Dula, had been raiding Byzantine territory”
“of Aleppo, earning the nickname White Death of the Saracens.”
“One by one, Tarsus, Cyprus, and Aleppo, all the major cities in Mesopotamia and Syria,”
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