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The year 648 is a leap year that begins on a Tuesday.

Events
Spring: Expedition of the Arab governor of Syria Mu'awiyya from Akko to Cyprus (or in 649); A treaty is signed and the inhabitants of the island become dependent on both Arabs and Byzantines.
September: Typos (formula) of Basileus Constant II, which declares the end of the Heraclius's "ekthesis". He defends any quarrel over dogma and confirms monothelism. Pope Theodore condemns typos in a council meeting in Rome. He laid down and excommunicated the patriarch of Constantinople Paul II.

Central Asia: The king of Khotan is taken to Chang'an, the capital of Tang.

Births in 648

Death in 648

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