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==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars|Arab–Byzantine War]]: Byzantine forces are defeated by [[Sayf al-Dawla]]. He captures the city of [[Aleppo]], and extends his control over the [[Upper Mesopotamia|Al-Jazira–Upper Mesopotamia]] region. Al-Dawla's rule is recognized by the [[Ikhshidid dynasty|Ikhshidids]].<ref name="Treadgold44">{{citation|last=Treadgold|first=Warren T.|title=A History of the Byzantine State and Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC|page=486|year=1997|location=Stanford, CA|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-2630-6}}.</ref> With the recovery of [[Edessa]], the Greeks also obtain the fabled [[Image of Edessa]].
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The "Holy ''[[Image of Edessa|Mandylion]]''" (a cloth with the face of [[Jesus]]) is conveyed to [[Constantinople]], where it arrives on the feast of the [[Dormition of the Mother of God|Dormition of the Theotokos]]. A triumphal entry is staged for the [[relic]] in the capital.
* [[December 16]] &ndash; Emperor [[Romanos I Lekapenos|Romanos I]] is arrested and deposed after a 14-year reign by his own sons, the co-emperors [[Stephen Lekapenos|Stephen]] and [[Constantine Lekapenos|Constantine]]. He is carried off to the [[Prince Islands]] and forced to become a [[monk]].