<P> The Battle of Tours ( 10 October 732 ) -- also called the Battle of Poitiers and , by Arab sources , the Battle of the Palace of the Martyrs ( Arabic : معركة بلاط الشهداء ‎ , translit . Ma'arakat Balāṭ ash - Shuhadā ' ) -- was fought by Frankish and Burgundian forces under Charles Martel against an army of the Umayyad Caliphate led by ' Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi , Governor - General of al - Andalus . It was fought in an area between the cities of Poitiers and Tours , in the Aquitaine of west - central France , near the village of Moussais - la - Bataille , about 20 kilometres ( 12 mi ) northeast of Poitiers . The location of the battle was close to the border between the Frankish realm and the then - independent Duchy of Aquitaine under Odo the Great . </P>
<P> The Battle of Tours ( 10 October 732 ) -- also called the Battle of Poitiers and , by Arab sources , the Battle of the Palace of the Martyrs ( Arabic : معركة بلاط الشهداء ‎ , translit . Ma'arakat Balāṭ ash - Shuhadā ' ) -- was fought by Frankish and Burgundian forces under Charles Martel against an army of the Umayyad Caliphate led by ' Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi , Governor - General of al - Andalus . It was fought in an area between the cities of Poitiers and Tours , in the Aquitaine of west - central France , near the village of Moussais - la - Bataille , about 20 kilometres ( 12 mi ) northeast of Poitiers . The location of the battle was close to the border between the Frankish realm and the then - independent Duchy of Aquitaine under Odo the Great . </P>
who led the franks against the muslim in war
who led the franks against the muslim in war
Charles Martel
Charles Martel