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The Early Abbasid Caliphate

The first century of Abbasid rule from Baghdad, when translation, scholarship, trade and the arts flourished.

173 events

  1. 544 CE · siege

    Siege of Edessa (544)

    Place: al-Ruha (Edessa)
  2. c. 637 CE · c. 18 AH · conquest

    The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash

    Place: Mar'ash (Germanikeia)

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
  3. between 744 and 754 CE · c. 126 AH · civil war

    The Rising of Musafir al-Qassab in Armenia

    Commanders: Abu Ja'far al-Mansur

    Place: Armenia
  4. 751 CE · 133 AH† · battle

    Battle of Talas

    Place: Taraz
  5. c. 750 CE · 133 AH · siege

    The Fall of Qaliqala, 133, and its Rebuilding

    Place: Qaliqala (Theodosiopolis/Erzurum)
  6. 752 CE · 134 AH† · revolt

    Mount Lebanon revolts (752–59)

    Place: Hims (Emesa)
  7. 751 CE · 134 AH · battle

    The Ibadi revolt of al-Julanda in Oman

    Commanders: Khazim ibn Khuzayma al-Tamimi

    Place: Oman
  8. 754 CE · 136 AH† · revolt

    Uprising of Abd Allah ibn Ali (754)

    Place: Upper Mesopotamia
  9. between 754 and 775 CE · civil war

    Armenia's Rising under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba

    Commanders: al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba al-Ta'i

    Place: Armenia
  10. 755 CE · 137 AH† · revolt

    Sunpadh Rebellion (755)

    Place: Iran
  11. 755 CE · 137 AH · battle

    The Revolt of Sunbadh the Magian

    Commanders: سنباذ المجوسي · جهور بن مرّار العجلي

    Place: Rayy
  12. 759 CE · 142 AH† · battle

    Battle of Melas River (759)

    Place: Caesarea of Cappadocia
  13. 762 CE · 145 AH† · revolt

    Alid Revolt of 762

    Commanders: Isa ibn Musa

    Place: Hejaz
  14. 763 CE · 146 AH† · siege

    Siege of Carmona

    Place: Qarmuna (Carmona)
  15. c. 762 CE · 145 AH · revolt

    The uprising of Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya and his brother Ibrahim
  16. 766 CE · 149 AH† · siege

    Siege of Kamacha

    Place: Kemah
  17. between 767 and 787 CE · campaign

    Yazid ibn Hatim's March to Ifriqiya and His Killing of Abu Khatim

    Commanders: روح بن حاتم · يزيد بن حاتم المهلبي

    Place: Ifriqiya
  18. c. 767 CE · 150 AH · revolt

    The Revolt of Ustadhsis
  19. 771 CE · 154 AH† · battle

    Battle of Syca (771)
  20. 776 CE · 159 AH · battle

    The movement of al-Muqanna' al-Khurasani (the Veiled One)
  21. c. 777 CE · 161 AH · raid

    Michael's Incursion on the Mar'ash Depths, 161

    Place: Mar'ash (Germanikeia)
  22. 781 CE · 164 AH† · battle

    Battle of Caesarea (781)

    Place: Caesarea of Cappadocia
  23. 784 CE · 167 AH† · revolt

    Tabaristan uprising

    Place: Tabaristan
  24. 788 CE · 172 AH† · battle

    Battle of Kopidnadon
  25. 790 CE · 174 AH† · battle

    Battle of Tahert (790)

    Place: Tiaret
  26. 793 CE · 177 AH† · conquest

    Capture of Thebasa (793)

    Place: Thebasa
  27. 795 CE · 179 AH† · battle

    Battle of Anusan (795)

    Place: Limonlu Çayı
  28. 795 CE · 179 AH† · battle

    Battle of Campo da Matanza (795)
  29. 794 CE · 178 AH† · battle

    Battle of Lutos

    Place: Grado
  30. 795 CE · 179 AH† · battle

    Battle of Río Quirós

    Place: Asturias
  31. 795 CE · 179 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Nalon River (795)
  32. 794 CE · 178 AH · battle

    The Revolt of al-Walid ibn Tarif in al-Jazira
  33. c. 797 CE · 181 AH · conquest

    The conquest of the fortress of al-Safsaf
  34. 800 CE · 184 AH† · siege

    Siege of Lleida (800)
  35. c. 798 CE · 183 AH · raid

    The Khazar raid on Armenia
  36. c. 801 CE · c. 185 AH · conquest

    The fall of Barcelona to the Franks (185 AH)
  37. c. 802 CE · 187 AH · campaign

    Nikephoros's Letter and the Expedition to Heraclea
  38. 804 CE · 188 AH† · battle

    Battle of Krasos
  39. c. 805 CE · 189 AH · campaign

    The General Ransom and the Conquests of 190 AH
  40. c. 805 CE · c. 189 AH† · siege

    Siege of Patras

    Place: Patras
  41. 807 CE · 191 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Cilician Gates (807)

    Place: Cilician Gates
  42. between 810 and 811 CE · 195 AH · battle

    Battles of Hamadhan and Asadabad (195 AH)

    Commanders: طاهر بن الحسين

    Place: Hamadhan
  43. c. 811 CE · 195 AH · battle

    Clash of Tahir ibn al-Husayn with Ali ibn Isa

    Commanders: طاهر بن الحسين · محمد الأمين بن هارون الرشيد

    Place: Ray
  44. 812 CE · 196 AH† · raid

    Orreaga Riot (812)

    Place: Roncevaux Pass
  45. 812 CE · 196 AH† · siege

    Siege of Baghdad

    Place: Baghdad
  46. 812 CE · 196 AH† · siege

    Siege of Tripoli (812)

    Place: Tripoli
  47. c. 812 CE · c. 196 AH · siege

    Siege of Baghdad in the war of al-Amin and al-Ma'mun

    Place: Baghdad
  48. c. 818 CE · c. 202 AH · revolt

    The battle of al-Rabad

    Place: Cordoba
  49. c. 818 CE · c. 202 AH · revolt

    The Rabad fitna in Cordoba

    Place: Cordoba
  50. December 820 CE · Rajab 205 AH† · revolt

    Rebellion of Thomas the Slav

    Place: Maqdūniya
  51. c. 824 CE · c. 209 AH† · conquest

    The Conquest of Crete

    Commanders: جنادة بن أبي أمية الأزدي · Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid

    Place: Crete
  52. 825 CE · 210 AH† · battle

    Battle of Ancyra (825)

    Place: Çorum Province
  53. 827 CE · 212 AH† · battle

    Battle of Mazara del Vallo (827)

    Place: Mazar (Mazara)
  54. 827 CE · 212 AH† · siege

    Siege of Girona (827)

    Place: Girona
  55. 829 CE · 214 AH† · battle

    Battle of Hashtadsar (829)

    Place: Arran
  56. 831 CE · 216 AH† · battle

    Battle of Charsianon (831)

    Commanders: Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid

    Place: Charsianon
  57. 837 CE · 222 AH† · siege

    Siege of Arsamosata (837)
  58. 837 CE · 222 AH† · siege

    Siege of Sozopetra (837)
  59. c. 838 CE · c. 223 AH · raid

    The Sack of Zibatra and al-Mu'tasim's Retaliation

    Commanders: al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid

    Place: Zibatra
  60. 838 CE · 223 AH† · battle

    Battle of Anzen

    Commanders: al-Mu'tasim

    Place: Anatolia (Asia Minor)
  61. 225 AH · revolt

    Mazyar ibn Qarin's Revolt

    Place: Tabaristan
  62. 842 CE · 227 AH† · battle

    Battle of Rekha (842)
  63. 842 CE · 227 AH† · siege

    Siege of Messina (842–843)

    Place: Messina
  64. 843 CE · 228 AH† · battle

    Battle of Hamadan (843)

    Place: Hamadhan
  65. 844 CE · 229 AH† · battle

    Battle of Mauropotamos

    Place: Anatolia (Asia Minor)
  66. c. 844 CE · 230 AH · raid

    Majus landing at Seville, 230 AH

    Place: Seville
  67. 845 CE · 230 AH† · battle

    Battle of Butera (845)

    Place: Butera
  68. 846 CE · 231 AH† · siege

    Siege of Lentini (846)

    Place: Lentini
  69. between 847 and 870 CE · campaign

    al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam's Conquest of Twenty-Four Fortresses

    Commanders: al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam

    Place: Barah
  70. c. 847 CE · c. 232 AH† · conquest

    The Conquest of Barah

    Commanders: خلفون البربري · al-Mutawakkil ala Allah

    Place: Barah
  71. between 847 and 861 CE · civil war

    The Patrikioses' Killing of Yusuf al-Marwazi

    Commanders: Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Marwazi

    Place: Armenia
  72. 850 CE · 235 AH† · revolt

    Armenian Revolt (850–55)

    Commanders: Bugha, mawla of al-Mu'tasim (Bugha the Elder)
  73. 851 CE · 236 AH† · battle

    Battle of Albelda

    Place: Albelda de Iregua
  74. 852 CE · 237 AH† · battle

    Battle of Guadalacete

    Place: Toledo
  75. between 852 and 855 CE · campaign

    Bugha al-Kabir's Pacification of the Armenian March

    Commanders: Bugha, mawla of al-Mu'tasim (Bugha the Elder) · al-Mutawakkil ala Allah

    Place: Armenia
  76. c. 853 CE · 238 AH · raid

    The Byzantine raid on Damietta
  77. c. 854 CE · c. 240 AH · battle

    The Battle of Wadi Salit (c. 240 AH)

    Place: Toledo
  78. 241 AH · campaign

    al-Qummi's War on the Buja Lands

    Commanders: محمد بن عبد الله القمي · سعد الخادم

    Place: Bilad al-Buja
  79. 858 CE · 244 AH · raid

    Majus raid on Nekour, 244

    Place: Nekour
  80. 859 CE · 245 AH† · battle

    Battle of Monte Laturce
  81. 859 CE · 245 AH† · battle

    Battle of Syracuse (859)

    Place: Surqusa (Syracuse)
  82. 859 CE · 245 AH† · siege

    Siege of Algeciras (859)

    Place: al-Jazira al-Khadra
  83. c. 859 CE · 245 AH · raid

    Appearance of Majus ships in al-Andalus, 245

    Place: Seville
  84. 860 CE · 246 AH† · battle

    Battle of Chonarion (860)

    Place: Tokat
  85. 862 CE · 248 AH† · siege

    Capture of Farurriyah
  86. 863 CE · 249 AH† · battle

    Battle of Lalakaon

    Place: Paphlagonia
  87. c. 865 CE · 251 AH · revolt

    Qumm's Revolt and Re-Conquest

    Place: Qumm
  88. c. 865 CE · 251 AH · siege

    Siege of Baghdad in the strife of al-Musta'in and al-Mu'tazz

    Commanders: al-Musta'in bi'llah

    Place: Baghdad
  89. 866 CE · 252 AH† · revolt

    Kharijite Rebellion of 866–896

    Place: Upper Mesopotamia
  90. 866 CE · 252 AH† · siege

    Siege of Ragusa

    Place: Dubrovnik
  91. 869 CE · 255 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Barges (869)

    Place: Basra
  92. 871 CE · 257 AH† · battle

    Battle of Basra (871)

    Place: Basra
  93. 872 CE · 258 AH† · battle

    Battle of Bathys Ryax

    Place: Sivas
  94. 872 CE · 258 AH† · battle

    Battle of Bathys Ryax
  95. 874 CE · 260 AH† · battle

    Battle of al-Baida (874–75)

    Place: Beyza
  96. c. 878 CE · 264 AH · conquest

    The Zanj Enter Wasit

    Place: Wasit
  97. 878 CE · 264 AH† · battle

    Battle of Podandus (878)
  98. 878 CE · 264 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Cilician Gates (878)

    Place: Cilician Gates
  99. 878 CE · 264 AH† · siege

    Siege of Tripoli (878)

    Place: Tripoli
  100. 879 CE · 265 AH† · battle

    Capture of Loulon (879)

    Place: Loulon
  101. 880 CE · 266 AH† · siege

    Siege of Euripos

    Place: Chalkída
  102. 880 CE · 266 AH† · siege

    Siege of Vienne (880)

    Place: Vienne
  103. c. 881 CE · 267 AH · campaign

    Al-Muwaffaq's campaign against the Zanj and rescue of captives

    Commanders: Abu Ahmad al-Muwaffaq

    Place: Wasit
  104. 882 CE · 268 AH† · battle

    First Battle of Cellorigo (882)

    Place: Cellorigo
  105. 883 CE · 269 AH† · battle

    Battle of Chrysoboullon (883)

    Place: Cilicia
  106. June 883 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 269 AH† · battle

    Battle of Mecca (883)

    Place: Mecca
  107. 883 CE · 269 AH† · battle

    Second Battle of Cellorigo (883)

    Place: Cellorigo
  108. 883 CE · 270 AH · battle

    The Defeat of the Byzantines at Tarsus

    Place: Tarsus
  109. 884 CE · 270 AH† · siege

    Siege of Lérida (884)
  110. 891 CE · 278 AH† · battle

    Battle of Bayyana (891)

    Place: Pechina
  111. c. February 893 CE · Safar 280 AH · campaign

    Al-Mu'tadid's raid on Banu Shayban

    Commanders: al-Mu'tadid bi-llah
  112. 893 CE · 280 AH · campaign

    Isma'il ibn Ahmad's campaign into Turkish lands
  113. c. 894 CE · 281 AH · campaign

    Al-Mu'tadid's campaign against Mosul and the castle of Mardin

    Commanders: al-Mu'tadid bi-llah · Hamdan ibn Hamdun

    Place: Mardin
  114. May 896 CE · Rabi' I 283 AH† · battle

    Battle of Manu (896)

    Place: Sabratha
  115. c. 896 CE · 283 AH · battle

    The defeat and killing of Rafi' ibn Harthama

    Commanders: عمرو بن الليث الصفار · Rafi' ibn Harthama

    Place: Nishapur
  116. c. August 898 CE · Sha'ban 285 AH · naval battle

    The naval raid of Raghib, mawla of al-Muwaffaq

    Commanders: Raghib mawla al-Muwaffaq
  117. c. April 899 CE · Rabi' II 286 AH · siege

    Al-Mu'tadid's siege of Amid

    Commanders: al-Mu'tadid bi-llah

    Place: Amid (Diyarbakir)
  118. c. 899 CE · 286 AH · revolt

    The Rise of Abu Sa'id al-Qarmati in Bahrayn
  119. c. 902 CE · c. 287 AH · raid

    Tayyi's Assault on the Iraqi Pilgrim Caravan
  120. c. 901 CE · 288 AH · revolt

    The Appearance of Abu Abd Allah al-Shi'i in the Maghreb
  121. 901 CE · 288 AH† · battle

    Battle of Reggio (901)

    Place: Reggio Calabria
  122. c. 10 December 905 CE · 10 Dhu al-Hijja 293 AH · raid

    Qarmatian entry into Kufa on the Eid al-Adha, 293

    Place: Kufa
  123. c. 905 CE · 293 AH · raid

    The Rising of the Brother of Sahib al-Shama and the Battle of Tiberias

    Place: Tabariyya (Tiberias)
  124. c. January 907 CE · Rabi' I 294 AH · battle

    The Killing of Zikrawayh at the Hand of Wasif

    Commanders: Wasif ibn Sawartekin · زكرويه بن مهرويه القرمطي
  125. 908 CE · 295 AH† · battle

    Battle of Tabrashq (908)

    Place: Thala
  126. c. April 909 CE · Rajab 296 AH · conquest

    Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i's entry into Raqqada and the collapse of the Aghlabid state

    Commanders: Abu Abd Allah al-Shi'i
  127. c. 909 CE · 296 AH · civil war

    The first deposition of al-Muqtadir and the allegiance to Ibn al-Mu'tazz
  128. 909 CE · 296 AH† · conquest

    Capture of Tahert (909)

    Place: Tiaret
  129. c. 910 CE · 298 AH · conquest

    The Samanid seizure of Sistan

    Commanders: الحسين بن علي المروروذي

    Place: Sijistan
  130. 914 CE · 302 AH · raid

    The Qarmatian attack on the pilgrim caravan at al-Aqaba
  131. c. 915 CE · 303 AH · raid

    Warqa's Raid on the Bedouin at al-Ajfar and the Mob's Killing of the Captives

    Commanders: Warqa' ibn Nawfal
  132. 917 CE · 304 AH† · battle

    Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz

    Place: San Esteban de Gormaz
  133. 920 CE · 308 AH† · battle

    Battle of Castromoros (920)

    Place: San Esteban de Gormaz
  134. c. 924 CE · 312 AH · raid

    Abu Tahir al-Qarmati Enters Kufa

    Commanders: Abu Tahir Sulayman al-Qarmati

    Place: Kufa
  135. c. 927 CE · 315 AH · battle

    Defeat of Yusuf ibn Abi l-Saj and the taking of al-Anbar
  136. c. 928 CE · 316 AH · battle

    Defeat of the Da'i al-Hasan ibn al-Qasim at Sariya
  137. c. 930 CE · 317 AH · raid

    The Qarmatians take the Black Stone
  138. c. 929 CE · 317 AH · mutiny

    Mu'nis's deposition of al-Muqtadir and the troops' restoration of him
  139. 930 CE · 318 AH† · siege

    Siege of Toledo (930–32)

    Place: Toledo
  140. c. 934 CE · 322 AH · revolt

    The Rise of the Daylam and Ali ibn Buya's Seizure of Fars
  141. c. 934 CE · 322 AH · mutiny

    The deposition of al-Qahir and the blinding of his eyes
  142. c. October 943 CE · Rabi' I 332 AH · raid

    The Byzantine entry into Ra's al-'Ayn

    Place: Ra's al-Ayn
  143. c. 944 CE · 333 AH · mutiny

    Al-Muttaqi blinded by Tuzun
  144. c. October 949 CE · Rabi' I 338 AH · civil war

    The Karkh strife between Sunnis and Shi'is, 338

    Place: Baghdad
  145. c. November 950 CE · Jumada I 339 AH · battle

    Sayf al-Dawla's disaster in Byzantine lands

    Commanders: Sayf al-Dawla
  146. c. 952 CE · 341 AH · civil war

    The War of the Khutba at Mecca between the Alid and the Egyptians

    Place: Mecca
  147. c. October 953 CE · Rabi' II 342 AH · battle

    Sayf al-Dawla captures the Domesticos

    Commanders: Sayf al-Dawla
  148. 954 CE · 343 AH · battle

    Battle of Sayf al-Dawla with the Domesticus in 343
  149. 955 CE · 344 AH† · battle

    Battle of Darb al-Kankarun

    Place: Cappadocia
  150. 956 CE · 345 AH · raid

    Byzantine Naval Raid on Tarsus in 345
  151. c. July 959 CE · Jumada I 348 AH · civil war

    Sunni-Shi'i Strife at Bab al-Taq in 348

    Place: Baghdad
  152. c. October 960 CE · Sha'ban 349 AH · civil war

    The fitna at the New Bridge and the suspension of Friday prayer

    Place: Baghdad
  153. c. 9 October 960 CE · 3 Sha'ban 349 AH · civil war

    The New Bridge strife between Sunnis and Shi'is in 349

    Place: Baghdad
  154. c. 969 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 358 AH · conquest

    Byzantine capture of Antioch

    Place: Antioch
  155. c. 969 CE · 358 AH · conquest

    Jawhar's conquest of Egypt and the laying out of Cairo

    Place: Al-Fustat
  156. c. July 978 CE · 12 Dhu al-Qa'da 367 AH · conquest

    Adud al-Dawla Seizes the Realm of the Banu Hamdan

    Commanders: Adud al-Dawla Fanakhusraw ibn Rukn al-Dawla · Abu Taghlib Fadl Allah ibn Nasir al-Dawla

    Place: Mosul
  157. c. 986 CE · 376 AH · civil war

    War of the brothers: Sharaf al-Dawla overthrows Samsam al-Dawla

    Commanders: شرف الدولة بن ركن الدولة · صمصام الدولة بن عضد الدولة
  158. c. 1025 CE · Sha'ban 416 AH · raid

    Mahmud of Ghazna breaks Somnath

    Commanders: Mahmud of Ghazna
  159. c. 1025 CE · 416 AH · civil war

    Death of Sharaf al-Dawla and Anarchy in Baghdad

    Commanders: Jalal al-Dawla · al-Malik Abu Kalijar ibn Sultan al-Dawla

    Place: Baghdad
  160. c. 1029 CE · Jumada I 420 AH · battle

    The battle of al-Uqhuwana and the killing of Salih ibn Mirdas

    Commanders: صالح بن مرداس أسد الدولة الكلابي · Anushtakin al-Dizbiri

    Place: Tabariyya (Tiberias)
  161. c. 1032 CE · 423 AH · conquest

    Mas'ud ibn Mahmud Storms Isfahan

    Commanders: السلطان مسعود بن محمود الغزنوي

    Place: Isfahan
  162. c. 1043 CE · 435 AH · conquest

    Tughril Beg Seizes al-Rayy

    Commanders: طغرل بك
  163. c. 1058 CE · 450 AH · revolt

    The battle of al-Basasiri and the sermon for the Ubaydi al-Mustansir in Baghdad

    Place: Baghdad
  164. · campaign

    Abu Dulaf's Daylam Campaign

    Commanders: Abu Dulaf al-Qasim ibn Isa · al-Afshin

    Place: Daylam
  165. · conquest

    The Aghlabids' Conquests in Sicily

    Place: Sicily
  166. · conquest

    Ahmad ibn Abi Khalid's Conquest of Ushrusana

    Commanders: Ahmad ibn Abi Khalid al-Ahwal

    Place: Ushrusana
  167. · conquest

    The House of al-Fadl ibn Mahan at Sindan

    Commanders: al-Fadl ibn Mahan

    Place: Sindan
  168. · campaign

    Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi's Sind

    Commanders: Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi · Abu Ja'far al-Mansur

    Place: al-Qandahar
  169. · campaign

    Imran ibn Musa's Sind and the Zutt-Mayd Wars

    Commanders: Imran ibn Musa al-Barmaki · al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid

    Place: al-Qiqan
  170. · campaign

    Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Campaign on Rutbil

    Commanders: Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani · Yazid ibn Mazyad

    Place: Zabulistan
  171. · war

    Mughallis Slain and Musa ibn Ka'b's Sind

    Commanders: Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi

    Place: al-Mansura
  172. · campaign

    Marzuq's Ruse upon the Ispahbadh

    Commanders: روح بن حاتم

    Place: Tabaristan
  173. · war

    The Zutt Brigandage and Ujayf's War

    Commanders: al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid

    Place: Basra