Why was Harun "around the ja'fari, always be wary" al-Rashid able to easily bitchslap the Byzantine empire in several successive occasions throughout his career?
because Allah (swt) was at his side
>>3335370
Dude had control of some of the most valuable Byzantine land, and years of Muslim management had not shat the place up yet.
Shitloads of resources, money, people, slaves. An army and populace with good morale.
Fighting a crippled enemy dealing with serious internal stability (Iconoclasm) and still, decades later trying to recover from the trauma caused by the Arab invasion which came after the costly and exhausting Persian war.
also sunnis are niggers btw
>>3336784
t. achmed ibn-bedouin
>>3336762
Wow it look like the arabs were not very good even if they had a few perks only because of luck, the romans must have been really fucking shit to lose against them, man im fucking glad im not a byzaboo