The Egypt jund is divided between Beja…

The residence of the largely independent Agilolfing dukes is at this time Regensburg, the former Roman Castra Regina, on the Danube river.

Odilo had married Hiltrud, daughter of the Frankish Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel, In 741, but a year later he had found himself at war with Martel's sons Carloman and Pepin the Short.

In 743, Pepin campaigns against Odilo and forces him to submit to Frankish suzerainty.

Artabasdos has abandoned his predecessor's religious policy of Iconoclasm and restored Orthodoxy with some support, including that of Pope Zacharias.

Soon after his accession, Artabasdos had crowned his wife Anna as Augusta and his son Nikephoros as co-emperor, while putting his other son Niketas in charge of the Armeniac theme.

But while Artabasdus can rely also on the support of the themes of Thrace and Opsikion, Constantine secures for himself the support of the Anatolic and Thracesian themes.

The inevitable clash comes in May 743, when Artabasdos leads the offensive against Constantine but is defeated.

Later the same year Constantine defeats Nicetas, and on November 2, 743 Artabasdus' reign comes to an end as Constantine V enters Constantinople and apprehends his rival.

Artabasdos and his sons are publicly blinded and relegated to the monastery of Chora on the outskirts of Constantinople.

The date of his death is unknown.

The belligerent parties in Andalusia, eventually tiring of war, appeal to the Ifriqiyan emir Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi to resolve the matter.

Handhala dispatches his cousin Abu al-Khattar ibn Darar al-Kalbi as the new governor for al-Andalus.

Abu al-Khattar arrives in May 743 and immediately sets about restoring peace in Andalusia, liberating prisoners (Arab and Berber) and figuring a resolution to the displaced Syrian troops.

He decides to distribute the various Syrian junds across Spain, carving out regimental fiefs in hitherto thinly-held areas: …

…the Damascus jund is established in Elvira (Granada), …

…the Jordan jund in Rayyu (Málaga and …

…Archidona), …

…the Palestine jund in Medina-Sidonia and …

…Jerez, …

…the Emesa (Hims) jund in Seville and Niebla and …

…the Qinnasrin jund in Jaén.