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Umayyad invasion of Gaul

719–759 · 8th century

The Umayyad invasion of Gaul was the series of campaigns launched from al-Andalus into Frankish territory after 719, when Narbonne was taken. Raids reached deep into Aquitaine and Burgundy until Charles Martel defeated Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi between Tours and Poitiers in 732. The Franks under Pepin the Short later recovered Septimania, taking Narbonne in 759 and ending Muslim rule north of the Pyrenees.

Umayyad invasion of Gaul
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