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Frankish leader Charles Martel defeats the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate forces, led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi near Tours, France at the Battle of Poitiers, (sometimes called the Battle of Tours) on October 10, 732 AD. halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe and paving the way for the establishment of the Carolingian dynasty, led later by Martel's grandson, Charlemagne.