معركة مرج الأسقف (بوزن)‎ 249 ه 863 م : الدوافع-الأهمية

الملخص EN

The conflicts, war is a pattern most common in the relations between the East and West, hence the subject of this research one of the evidence for that conflict between , the West, "Byzantine Empire" and the East "caliphate Abbasid" The both sides met in a battle in 249 Ah / 863AD, known as a battle of Maraj Alasqif (Poson ) despite the lack of information about the battle in the sources, However, this has not deterred the writer to highlight this topic as well as show importance of this battle .

Perhaps this is the reason behind my selection of this topic as subject of research, this study aims to disclosure of event details and highlight the most important results direct and indirect.

This paper depend in the historical narrative analytical comparative.

This study led to several results : The study indicated a military action as well as an important battle that happened between the east and the West and shows how to compete on sovereignty and control between them.

Firstly, Importance of this battle that the similarity of its results to other a great battles, for instance the battle of Poitiers that stopped the Islamic conquest in Europe, likewise the battle of Poson stopped the progress of Islamic army in Asia.

A similarity also to the battle of Yarmuk which the Muslims gained a victory over the Byzantine Empire , as the result they put the Byzantine Empire in position of defender instead of attacker, likely that's what happened after the the battle of Maraj Alasqif( Poson) where the Byzantine victory stopped the Muslims raids.

Secondly, this study provides a clear evidence that this battle was actually a turning point in the conflict between the East and West, where it is formed a turn for a new in the relations between the two-state namely the Islamic caliphate and Byzantine empire , and influenced directly in the balance of power in the region by the superiority forces Byzantine over the forces caliphate Islamic.

Thirdly, this battle from a point of departure forces Byzantine Empire in the era of the Macedonian family to attack the Islamic region .

Finally, through track progress of past events and subsequent of battle of Poson I found that it's represent in a depth the conflict ideological and political as well as the both parties tried to control the larger area to have an advantage of the resources of that area and to spread religious thought.