Sack of Aleppo (962)

Sack of Aleppo (962)
Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars

Capture of Aleppo by the Byzantines, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes
Date24–31 December 962
Location
Aleppo, Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo
36°12′N 37°9′E / 36.200°N 37.150°E / 36.200; 37.150
Result Byzantine victory
  • Sack of Aleppo
  • Civilians massacred
Belligerents
Hamdanid Dynasty Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sayf al-Dawla
Naja al-Kasaki		 Nikephoros Phokas
John Tzimiskes
Theodore Parsakoutenos †

The sack of Aleppo in December 962 was carried out by the Byzantine Empire under Nikephoros Phokas. Aleppo was the capital of the Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla, the Byzantines' chief antagonist at the time.

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