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The Caliphate (Rashidun & Umayyad)
Byzantium, Persia & Their Neighbours
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Arab Campaign against Constantinople

667 – 669 · Constantinople Theater

Byzantine strategic success; the Umayyad attempt fails and the capital remains secure.

667 – 669

Modern source criticism places the principal early Umayyad attempt against Constantinople in 667–669 under Yazid ibn Mu'awiya. Later Byzantine tradition reshaped several naval campaigns into a continuous siege in 674–678 and associated their defeat with Greek Fire; the exact sequence remains debated.

  • Arab Campaign against Constantinople

Commanders

Byzantium, Persia & Their Neighbours · Emperor Constantine IV
The Caliphate (Rashidun & Umayyad) · Umayyad forces of Caliph Mu'awiya