What the records say
- When
- 12 Apr 876
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.92° N, 45.08° E
- Description
- battle
Battle of Dayr al-Aqul
876 battle in present-day Iraq
The Battle of Dayr al-Aqul was fought on 8 April 876, between forces of the Saffarid ruler Ya'qub ibn Laith and the Abbasid Caliphate. Taking place some 80 km southeast (downstream) of Baghdad, the battle ended in a decisive victory for the Abbasids, forcing Ya'qub to halt his advance into Iraq.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul: Abbasid forces, led by Al-Muwaffaq, halt a Saffarid invasion on the River Tigris”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Deyrülâkül Muharebesi : Muvaffak komutasındaki Abbasi kuvvetleri, Dicle Nehri'ndeki Saffârî istilasını durdurdu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد دیرالعقول: نیروهای عباسی به فرماندهی الموفق، تهاجم صفاریان را در مسیر رود دجله متوقف کردند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page