- The
mayor is
Memet Bayram (CHP).
Historically the city was
known as
Sozopetra (Gr****: Σωζόπετρα). The
altitude of the town is 1,290
meters (4232 feet)...
- Melitene,
Arsamosata and Samosata. The
Emperor also took and destro****
Sozopetra,
which some
sources claim as the
birthplace of
Caliph al-Mu'tasim. Theophilos...
-
expeditionary force into Mesopotamia. He
sacks the
cities Arsamosata and
Sozopetra —
which some
sources claim as the
birthplace of
Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tasim...
- the
upper Euphrates almost unopposed. The
Byzantines took the
towns of
Sozopetra and Arsamosata,
ravaged and
plundered the countryside,
extracted ransom...
- saint. In 824,
Michael sent a
fleet to raid the
Syrian coast and sack
Sozopetra.
Caliph al-Ma'mun
mounted a
combined land and
naval raid in 825, but it...
- the
region of the
upper Euphrates,
sacking the
cities of
Arsamosata and
Sozopetra –
which some
sources claim as
Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim's (r. 833–842)...
- Melitene,
where they
brutally sacked the city of
Zapetra (Ζάπετρα) or
Sozopetra (Σωζόπετρα). In
September of the same year, some 16,000 more Khurramites...
-
around the
upper Euphrates. The
Byzantines took the
towns of
Zibatra (
Sozopetra) and Arsamosata,
ravaged and
plundered the countryside,
extracted ransom...
-
Mesopotamian sector were Salaghus, Kaisum, Ḥiṣn Zibaṭra (Gr. Zapetra/
Sozopetra), Sumaisaṭ (Gr. Samosata), Ḥiṣn
Qalawdhiya and Ḥiṣn Ziyad. Some of the...
-
expeditionary force into Mesopotamia. He
sacks the
cities Arsamosata and
Sozopetra —
which some
sources claim as the
birthplace of
Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tasim...
