Answer the following question: Facts: - battles label: wars - native name: - battles: arab -- byzantine wars - death date: 740 - allegiance: 22px - name: abdallah al-battal - death place: akroinon Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of abdallah al-battal .
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abdallah al-battal -lrb- ; '' abdallah the hero '' , died in 740 -rrb- was a muslim warrior of the arab -- byzantine wars of the early 8th century , participating in several of the campaigns launched by the umayyad caliphate against the byzantine empire .historical facts about his life are scarce , but an extensive pseudo-historical and legendary tradition grew around him after his death , and he became a famous figure in both arab and later turkish epic literature as '' sayyid battal ghazi '' .