At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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In time
Sides
Commanders: جلال الدولة أبو طاهر بن بهاء الدولة
Overview
Jalal al-Dawla entered Ahwaz and let his soldiers loose on it for sixteen days; his letter reached Baghdad on the eleventh of Rabi' II 421 describing what was taken — the letter claimed booty beyond five thousand thousand dinars and two thousand slave-girls captured — along with what al-Malik al-Muntasir's own account says of itself and its numbers 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- al-Ahwaz
- Had participant
- جلال الدولة أبو طاهر بن بهاء الدولة
People and things also explored
al-Hasan ibn Makula· The ghilman's expulsion of Jalal al-Dawla from Baghdad, 423· Conquest of al-Ahwaz, Manadhir and Nahr Tiri (16 AH)· The ghilman's seizure and humiliation of Jalal al-Dawla, 424· The restoration of the khutba to Jalal al-Dawla in Baghdad· The public declaration of al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah as heir, 421· The Shahanshah laqab controversy· The Zanj Enter Ahwaz
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.388-389
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The sack of al-Ahwaz, 421”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ahwaz-sack-421/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.