siege, medieval

Siege of Carmona

Name: Siege of Carmona
Location: Carmona, Spain

Siege of Carmona was a siege conducted in AD 763 at Carmona, in what is now Spain. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Carmona. The recorded result: Umayyad victory. Recorded strength: 700 men against Unknown.

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FoughtAD 763

WhereCarmona, Spain37.471N, 5.642W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeUmayyad victory

BelligerentsEmirate of CordobaagainstAbbasid Caliphate

Casualties and lossesUnknownand2,000 killed

Record

Date	AD 763 (year precision)
Place	Carmona, Spain 37.471N, 5.642W
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	700 men	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	2,000 killed
Commanders	Abd al-Rahman I	Al-Ala ibn Mughith al-Judhami

Placed at Carmona; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Carmona 207 BC, 0.9 km SE
Battle of Muottental 1799, 27 km W
Battle of Ilipa 206 BC, 30 km W
Siege of Seville 1369, 32 km W
Battle of Italica 75 BC, 36 km W

Elsewhere in AD 763

Battle of Anchialus Bulgaria

Siege of Carmona is one of 144 engagements of the 8th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q125045173, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Carmona (763), revision 1371524179, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.