Fraxinet (Arabic, Farakhshanit) was the site of a tenth century Saracen or Muslim Arab slave base near modern St. Tropez, in southern France. The named derived from the ancient village local village of Fraxinetum. The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... In older Western historical literature, the Saracens were the people of the Saracen Empire, another name for the Arab Caliphate under the rule of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب) are a heterogeneous ethnic group who are predominantly speakers of the Arabic language, mainly found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... Saint-Tropez is a commune of the Var département in southern France, located on the French Riviera. ...

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In about 889 a ship carrying twenty Andalusian adventurers anchored in the Gulf of St. Tropez in Provence. Events End of Strathclyde as a fully independent kingdom. ... Al-Andalus is the Arabic name given the Iberian Peninsula by its Muslim conquerors; it refers to both the Caliphate proper and the general period of Muslim rule (711–1492). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur. ...

From this base, Muslim bandits and slave-traders raided the surrounding area, reaching as far as Piedmont in Northern Italy and effectively controlling the Alpine passes between France and Italy. An outpost was established at modern St. Moritz in southern Switzerland. The number of slaves exported via Fraxinetum is unknown, but is believed to be in the hundreds of thousands. Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte) is a region of northwestern Italy. ...

In 956, John of Gorze was sent as ambassador for Emperor Otto II to the Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III of Córdoba for two years. The purpose of this mission was to stop the attacks made from Fraxinetum. Deaths April 8 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy Categories: 956 ... Saint John of Gorze (Jean de Gorze, John of Lorraine) (ca. ... An ambassador, rarely embassador, is a diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country. ... Otto II and Theophano. ... Caliph is the title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ... For indivduals with the same or similar name, see Abd-ar-Rahman Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (912 - 961) was the greatest and the most successful of the princes of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain. ... Location Coordinates : 37° 53’N , 4°46′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Córdoba (Spanish) Spanish name Córdoba Founded 8th century BC Postal code 140xx Website http://www. ...

The Saracens were defeated at the Battle of Tourtour by William I of Provence. They were expelled from Fraxinetum in 975 by an alliance of local French rulers. The expulsion had two effects. It allowed southern France to begin a gradual economic and cultural recovery while the loss of income from slave-trading presaged the fall of Caliphate forty years later. The Battle of Tourtour of 973 was a great victory for the Christian forces of William I of Provence over the Saracen pirates based at Fraxinetum. ... William I (c. ...