The Clash between Kurds and Arabs

الوقعة بين الأكراد والأعراب

281 AH

In 281 AH al-Tabari recorded the clash between the Kurds and the Arabs. Al-Mu'tadid had gone out to Mosul in Dhu al-Qa'da, and a dispatch came from his camp reporting that the army had struck the Kurds and Arabs, killing many of them and drowning many in the Zab 1.

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In 281 AH al-Mu'tadid marched out to Mosul in Dhu al-Qa'da. al-Tabari reports that his letter came from the camp, saying that the army had struck the Kurds and the Arabs, and that many of them were killed and drowned at the Zab. 1

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  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.10 p.37
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