Have Anglo-Saxons ever encountered Turks?

Anglo-Saxons and their descendants played a prominent role in the military of the later Roman Empire (aka Byzantium). Similarly Turks came to dominate the military of the Abbasid Caliphate. There must have have been several encounters between Anglo-Saxons and Turks, in battle. read more

"The Anglo-Saxons are a people who have inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They comprise people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the island from continental Europe, their descendants, and indigenous British groups who adopted some aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and language. read more