• John Kourkouas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας, romanized: Ioannes Kourkouas, fl. c. 900–946), also transliterated as Kurkuas or Curcuas, was one of the most...
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  • John Kourkouas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας, romanized: Ioannes Kourkouas) may refer to: John Kourkouas (9th century), 9th-century Byzantine general John...
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    grandson of Theophilos Kourkouas, Byzantine Emperor in 969–976 John Kourkouas (11th c.), Catepan of Italy in 1008–1010 Gregory Kourkouas, doux of Philippopolis...
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  • John Kourkouas or Curcuas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας) was the Byzantine catepan of Italy from 1008 to 1010. John belonging to the Kourkouas family of Armenian...
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    the Fatimids respectively. John was born in present-day Çemişgezek in Tunceli Province. His father was a scion of the Kourkouas family, a clan of still debated...
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  • John Kourkouas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας, romanized: Ioannes Kourkouas) was a senior Byzantine military commander in 970–971. John was a scion of the Kourkouas...
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  • John Kourkouas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας, romanized: Ioannes Kourkouas) was a senior Byzantine military commander who led a conspiracy against Emperor...
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    returning army under Kourkouas. In 944 Romanos concluded a treaty with Prince Igor of Kiev. This crisis having passed, Kourkouas was free to return to...
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    distinguished general John Kourkouas (d. 946), one of the most important generals of the Byzantine Empire Theophilos Kourkouas (d. 960s), was a distinguished...
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    of their captives and staked out others on the ground. In September, John Kourkouas and Bardas Phokas, two leading generals, speedily returned to the capital...
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    United Kingdom: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). ISBN 0-415-14687-9. Haldon, John F. (1997) [1990]. Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of...
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    presence in the Mediterranean Sea, and especially the Adriatic. Under John Kourkouas, the Byzantines conquered the emirate of Melitene, along with Theodosiopolis...
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    capture of Mecca in 929. The forces of the Byzantine Empire, under John Kourkouas, began a sustained offensive into the borderlands of the Thughur and...
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    solved itself with the death of Simeon in 927, so Byzantine general John Kourkouas was able to campaign aggressively against the Saracens from 923 to about...
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    on 1 June 2006. Asma Afsaruddin, Oliver (2009). "ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān". In John L. Esposito (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Oxford:...
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  • Romanos Kourkouas (Greek: Ῥωμανός Κουρκούας) was a Byzantine aristocrat and senior military leader in the mid-10th century. Romanos was a scion of the...
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    compendium is at variance with this, John Scylitzes recounting how in 944, when the city was besieged by John Kourkouas, it was exchanged for a group of Muslim...
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    ISBN 0-521-59984-9. Haldon, John (1997). Byzantium in the Seventh Century: the Transformation of a Culture. Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-31917-X. Haldon, John (2008). The Byzantine...
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  • with his local militia levies until the larger Byzantine army under John Kourkouas came and drove the Rus' out. In 945 he was appointed supreme commander...
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    VII: Mif–Naz. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 756. ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2. Haldon, John (2010). Money, Power and Politics in Early Islamic Syria. Ashgate Publishing...
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    History of World Societies. Bedford/St. Martin's, 9th edition. 2012 * Norwich, John Julius (1988). Byzantium: The Early Centuries. Guild Publishing., p. 311...
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    March – A wide-ranging conspiracy against Emperor Basil I, led by John Kourkouas, is uncovered. August 29 – Emperor Basil I the Macedonian dies from...
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    venturing as far south as Nicomedia (modern-day İzmit). In September, John Kourkouas and Bardas Phokas ("the Elder"), two leading generals, destroy the Rus'...
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    by the soldiers of the Opsician Theme, rebelled, killed their commander John the Deacon and sailed north to Adramyttium. There, they acclaimed a reluctant...
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    defence of Arcadia Aegypti was entrusted to a certain John, who Hermann Zotenberg identifies with the John, Duke of Barca or Barcaina mentioned by Nicephorus...
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    Romanos sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (80,000 men) led by general John Kourkouas (his commander-in-chief) to invade northern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)...
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  • king of Connacht Ermengol I (or Armengol), count of Urgell (b. 974) John Kourkouas, Byzantine catepan (approximate date) Maelsuthan Ua Cerbhail, Irish...
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    p. 2027 Takirtakoglou, Konstantinos (2021), Rogers, Clifford J.; France, John; DeVries, Kelly (eds.), "The Battle of Firāḍ: The Day on Which Khālid b....
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  • Tzourakes, prōtospatharios, mid-9th/10th century, known only from his seal John Kourkouas (grandfather of the namesake 10th-century general), rebelled against...
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    With some exceptions, most notably the unparalleled 22-year tenure of John Kourkouas, or in times of domestic instability, Domestics were changed on the...
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