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People: Frederick II, Duke of Swabia
Topic: China, northern: Famine of 1928-29
Location: Bryansk > Br'ansk Bryanskaya Oblast Russia

Asad had landed in 827 with a …

Years: 827 - 827

Asad had landed in 827 with a force of Arabs in Sicily and following a defeat of imperial troops proceeds to besiege Syracuse.

However, the city cannot be taken and Asad soon dies of plague.