The Battle of Tours, also known as the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of the Highway of the Martyrs (Arabic: معركة بلاط الشهداء), took place on October 10, 732. It was a significant battle during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul. The opposing forces were the Frankish and Aquitanian troops, led by Charles Martel, and the invading Muslim forces of the Umayyad Caliphate, commanded by Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi, the governor of al-Andalus.