the Continent. Kings Hyfaidd of Dyfed, Elisedd of Brycheiniog and Hywel of Glywysing, being harassed by the armies of King Anarawd in Wales, seek the protection of Alfred the Great, and submit to his overlordship. Anarawd seeks an alliance with King Guthred of York. Arabian Empire Battle of Tawahin: Muslim forces (4,000 men) of the Abbasid Caliphate, under Al-Mu'tadid, are defeated near Ramlah (modern Israel) by Khumarawayh, ruler of the Tulunid dynasty. This ends the Abbasid attempt to recover Syria from the Tulunids. A large part of the Abbasid army is captured, and transported to Egypt. Khumarawayh aims for reconciliation with the caliphal government, and allows the soldiers who want to return to modern-day Iraq to depart without ransom, while offering the rest the opportunity to settle in Egypt. By topic Religion July 8 – Pope Adrian III dies after a 1½ reign near Modena (Lombardy), while en route to an Imperial Diet, summoned by Charles the Fat at Worms. He is succeeded by Stephen V, as the 110th pope of the Catholic Church. Births February 6 – Daigo, emperor of Japan (d. 930) February 11 – Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang (d. 937) December 2 – Zhuang Zong, emperor of Later Tang (d. 926) Atto of Vercelli, Lombard bishop (d. 961) Eberhard III, duke of Franconia (d. 939) Eric Bloodaxe, Norwegian Viking ruler (d. 954) Fujiwara no Onshi, empress of Japan (d. 954) Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (d. 952) Ibn Muqla, Muslim official and vizier (or 886) Reccared, Galician clergyman (d. 923) Zhao Ying, Chinese chancellor (d. 951) Deaths April 6 – Methodius, Byzantine missionary and bishop (b. 815) June – Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, 'the Sea King', murdered July 8 – Adrian III, pope of the Catholic Church July 25 – Ragenold, margrave of Neustria, killed July/August – Sulayman ibn Wahb, Muslim official and vizier November 17 – Liutgard of Saxony, Frankish queen Chen Ru, Chinese warlord and governor, killed Gerebald, bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône Mihira Bhoja, king of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty (b. 836) Muiredach mac Brain, king of Leinster (Ireland) Zhu Jingmei, Chinese eunuch and military leader, assassinated References