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The battle between Ya'qub ibn al-Layth and al-Hasan ibn Zayd al-Ta'i

الوقعة بين يعقوب بن الليث والحسن بن زيد الطائي

260 AH

In 260 AH Ya'qub ibn al-Layth defeated al-Hasan ibn Zayd al-Talibi and entered Tabaristan 1. Al-Tabari reports that rain overtook Ya'qub for days in the mountains of Tabaristan, and that his army lost most of its animals 2.

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In 260 AH Ya'qub ibn al-Layth defeated al-Hasan ibn Zayd al-Talibi, and entered Tabaristan. 1

The rains

al-Tabari says that rains caught Ya'qub in the mountains of Tabaristan for days, and that his army lost most of its animals. 2

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.9 p.508
  2. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.9 p.509
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