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

فتنة الشيعة والسنة بباب الطاق سنة 348

c. July 959 CE · Jumada I 348 AH

Baghdad

In Jumada I 348 Sunni-Shii fighting broke out in Baghdad with many killed and a great fire at Bab al-Taq 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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In time

950960970 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Baghdad

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Overview

In Jumada al-Ula 348 AH the strife between the Shi'a and the people of the Sunna intensified in Baghdad. Many people were killed between them, and a great fire broke out at Bab al-Taq. 1

What the source says

Ibn al-Jawzi, in "al-Muntazam", reports the event in a few lines. He does not detail its causes or name those who took part. The Gregorian date (around July 959 CE) is derived by conversion, and is not stated in the source. It needs an additional source.

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People and things also explored

The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)· The Jami' al-Qati'a of Baghdad· The mosque of Qati'at Umm Ja'far

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 682
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islam.museum contributors. “Sunni-Shi'i Strife at Bab al-Taq in 348”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/bab-al-taq-fitna-348/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad

The Nizamiyya of Baghdad, first and most famous of the madrasas founded by the vizier Nizam al-Mulk al-Tusi: building began in 457 and sisters rose at Nishapur, Isfahan, Herat, Basra, Mosul and Amid; the Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni then Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi taught in it, and it mothered the Sunni institutional model that the later madrasas of Baghdad followed — the caliphs prayed there and Nizam al-Mulk himself visited to inspect its library.