With such large accusations I was honestly expecting sources.
As someone from the region: I also have read this a few times in different sources over my life, with no controversy about it at all. This is pretty much how it is written in the history books and it also makes sense.
It's like asking for sources when someone talks about the US having been to war with [INSERT RANDOM COUNTRY].
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