Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
News came in 280 AH of the raid of Isma'il ibn Ahmad into the land of the Turks. 2
The account
Ibn al-Jawzi says that Isma'il killed a great many Turks and took the city of their king. He captured the king's wife Khatun and about ten thousand people, and seized many beasts. Each Muslim horseman received a thousand dirhams from the booty. 2
Connections
- Had participant
- إسماعيل بن أحمد الساماني
People and things also explored
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 146
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p.146
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islam.museum contributors. “Isma'il ibn Ahmad's campaign into Turkish lands”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ismail-turk-campaign-280/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.