Introduction
Matthew Bailey|Ryan D. Giles
SCHOLARS and the contemporary accounts of Carolingian annals agree that in spring 777, Sulaiman ibn al-Arabi, pro-Abbasid ruler Barcelona Girona, traveled to Charlemagne's Diet Paderborn Westphalia an effort enlist Frankish king's support preserving regional autonomy Christian Muslim rulers threatened by increasing power amir al-Andalus, Abd al-Rahman I. As a consequence visit, year 778, Charlemagne his army Franks entered Spain laid siege Zaragoza. The lasted month; then, because either intransigence or renewed Saxon hostilities north, king gathered multitude hostages turned attention northern frontier. On passage through Pyrenees, unleashed wrath on Pamplona, destroying Basque city its walls. Basques subsequently ambushed rearguard heights killed numerous officers palace, plundered baggage, then vanished into forested hills, leaving grieve without satisfaction revenge.