Battle Of Tours (732 AD), The Determination Point for Christianity in Western Europe Against Saracens the Followers of False Prophet
Charles son of Pepin, with nickname as Martel The Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of the Highway of the Martyrs (Arabic: معركة بلاط الشهداء, romanized: Maʿrakat Balāṭ ash-Shuhadā'), was fought on 10 October 732, and was an important battle during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul. It resulted in victory for the Frankish and Aquitanian forces, led by Charles Martel, over the invading Umayyad forces, led by Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi, governor of al-Andalus . Notably, the Frankish troops apparently fought without heavy cavalry . The battlefield was located somewhere between the cities of Poitiers and Tours , in northern Aquitaine in western France, near the border of the Frankish realm and the then-independent Duchy of Aquitaine under Odo the Great . Al-Ghafiqi was killed in combat, and the Umayyad army withdrew after the battl...