At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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In space
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Overview
In 66 AH Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad marched with the armies of Syria toward Iraq. When he reached Mosul (Mosul), he met Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar, who commanded the cavalry of Iraq on behalf of al-Mukhtar, at al-Khazir. 1
The outcome
The book describes the battle as a great one. Ibn Ziyad was killed in it, along with al-Husayn ibn Numayr, Shurahbil ibn Dhi al-Kala' and notables of Syria. 1
al-Khudari reports that the victory went to Ibn al-Ashtar, and that the troops of Syria suffered killing and drowning. 2 He holds that their rout came when the vein of partisanship between Qays and Yemen throbbed. 3
Connections
- Occurred at
- Mosul
- Had participant
- Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad· Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar
People and things also explored
Great Mosque of al-Nuri· Conquest of Mosul· death of the atabeg Izz al-Din Masud of Mosul· Death of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul· death of Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd — Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī II succeeds in Mosul· Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil marches on Mosul and returns· Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil besieges Mosul· Qarwash al-Uqayli's khutba for al-Hakim at Mosul and Kufa
Sources
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p. 209
- Lectures on the History of the Islamic Peoples: The Umayyad State — al-Khudari , p.300
- Lectures on the History of the Islamic Peoples: The Umayyad State — al-Khudari , p.365
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Battle of al-Khazir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/battle-of-khazir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.