Chapter 8
Early summer 1040 (431 from the Hegira), valleys east of Tragina
The flags waved indomitable in the wind; an uncertain wind that day, perhaps not even God knew which way to stand ... just as, in the opinion of unbelieving posterity, God was confused about to whom he should give his support during the battle. On the one hand, to the cry of "Allahu Akbar"40, the Saracens of Sicily and Africa - arrived in support of the first - ready to drive the invader away. On the other side, praising "Christ wins", the men in the pay of Constantinople, for whom the invaders were those others.
Invited by their commander, sheltered between the Jebel41 and the Caronie, Abd-Allah's men prostrated themselves towards Mecca and involuntarily towards the enemy army. The others were also gathered in p
