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Nikephoros I
Nikephoros I was a Byzantine emperor of the early ninth century. He refused to continue paying the tribute agreed by his predecessor to the Abbasid Caliphate, provoking a major invasion by Harun al-Rashid. Defeated in 806, he was forced to accept humiliating tribute terms.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nikephoros I. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nikephoros-i
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