 Known by various titles in English, including "The Book of the Battle of Tambuka" and "The Story of Heraclius", the story recounts numerous events of the Byzantine-Arab Wars and Byzantine-Ottoman Wars between the Muslims and Romans (the contemporary name for the Byzantines).The Byzantines were represented by the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Heraclius.The story covers a period from 628 (the Battle of Mu'tah) to 1453 (the Fall of Constantinople).