Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani

Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani

Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani ( _ar. السمح بن مالك الخولاني) was the Arab governor general of the Muslim occupied region of the Iberian Peninsula called Al-Andalus from between 718 and 721.cite book |author=Lewis, David L. |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 |edition= |language= |publisher=W. W. Norton |location=New York |year=2008 |origyear= |pages= p56|quote= |isbn=0-393-06472-7 |oclc= |doi= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=WjxXc0SUBFAC&pg=RA1-PA56&dq=%22Al-Samh+ibn+Malik+al-Khawlani%22&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&ei=rDNySIDBGIyQsgPTzrW2Bg&sig=ACfU3U1HImQ9SxfL1C-KPYGfsMmIC0whmA|accessdate=]

He led a Muslim incursion into southern France in the early part of the 8th century . After some initial success leading a large Arab army into France and besieging a number of French towns and cities including Narbonne,cite book |author=Hitti, Philip Khuri |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine, Vol. 1 |edition= |language= |publisher=Gorgias Press LLC |location= |year=2002 |origyear= |pages= p468|quote= |isbn=1-931956-60-X |oclc= |doi= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=91YymsCw5DIC&pg=PA468&dq=%22Al-Samh+ibn+Malik+al-Khawlani%22&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&ei=rDNySIDBGIyQsgPTzrW2Bg&sig=ACfU3U3ycPrGezrs45bQRnUqklA1UdZ0AQ|accessdate=] Béziers, Agde, Lodève, Maguelonne (Montpellier) and Nîmes, he returned to Muslim Spain to gather more Muslim fighters prior to attacking the strongly defended Christian city of Toulouse. He returned to France with a massive army of over 375,000 Arab fighters,Fact|date=February 2007 siege engines, infantry, horsemen and mercenaries.

The siege of Toulouse, with its near-impregnable walls, lasted until early summer. The defenders, short of provisions, were close to breaking when, around June 9, 721, Eudes the Great, the duke of Aquitaine, returned at the head of a large force, attacking al-Samh's rear and launching a highly successful encircling movement. A major, decisive battle ensued. Caught between the Toulouse defenders and Eudes's men, al-Samh tried to break out, but was trapped with the bulk of his troops in a place called Balat where he made a determined last stand as his army was decimated by the Christian forces.

Al-Samh himself was critically wounded and died shortly afterwards.

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s-ttl|title=Governor of Al-Andalus
years=719–721


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