The Mongols take Raqqa

المغول يأخذون الرقة

1260 CE · 658 AH – 1260 CE · 658 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

al-Raqqa

Hulagu's armies swept through the Jazira and took Raqqa in 658/1260 after Baghdad fell 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq

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125012601270
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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al-Raqqa

People and things also explored

Raqqa ware· The Conquest of al-Raqqa· The Building of al-Rafiqa· Ithriyah–Raqqa offensive· The Killing of Mansur ibn Jamwana· al-Battani· Muhammad ibn Sa'd, secretary of al-Waqidi· The Jazira

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir
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Raqqa ware

Pottery made at Raqqa on the upper Euphrates between about 1171 and the Mongol sack of the city in 1259: monochrome carved wares, chocolate-brown lustre with blue, and underglaze painting in black, blue and red.