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==== Abbasid Empire ====
* [[Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (782)|Arab–Byzantine War]]: Arab forces (95,000 men) under [[Harun al-Rashid]], son of the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] caliph [[Al-Mahdi]], cross the [[Taurus Mountains]] and capture the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] border fortress of [[Niğde|Magida]]. Harun leaves his lieutenant [[Al-Rabi' ibn Yunus]] to besiege the city of [[Nakoleia]] ([[Phrygia]]), while another force (30,000 men), probably under [[Yahya ibn Khalid]], is sent to raid the western coastlands of [[Asia Minor]]. Harun himself, with the main army, advances to the [[Opsikion|Opsician Theme]]. 
* Summer &ndash; Harun al-Rashid reaches as far as [[Üsküdar|Chrysopolis]], across the [[Bosphorus|Bosporus Straits]] from the Byzantine capital, [[Constantinople]]. After the defection of the [[Armenia]]n general [[Tatzates]], Empress [[Irene of Athens|Irene]] accepts a three-year [[Ceasefire|truce]], including the annual payment of a [[tribute]] of 70,000 or 90,000 [[gold dinar]]s, and the handing over of 10,000 [[silk]] garments. Harun releases all his captives (5,600 men), including chief minister [[Staurakios (eunuch)|Staurakios]] and other [[hostage]]s.{{sfn|Garland|1999|pp=76–77}}{{sfn|Treadgold|1997|p=418}}