Battle of Baghdad (946) | |||||||
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Part of the Buyid-Hamdanid Wars | |||||||
Boundary established between the Buyid and Hamdanid amirates at the end of the war (dashed line). | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Buyid dynasty | Hamdanid amirate of Mosul | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mu'izz al-Dawla Abu Ja'far Saymari Ispahdost |
Nasir al-Dawla Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Shirzad Abu 'Abdallah Husayn b. Sa'id |
The Battle of Baghdad (946 AD) was fought between the forces of the Buyid Emirate of Iraq under Mu'izz al-Dawla and the Hamdanid Emirate of Mosul under Nasir al-Dawla within the city of Baghdad. The battle lasted for several months; it eventually ended in victory for the Buyids, who expelled the Hamdanids from Baghdad with a major offensive and secured control of the city.
The battle was the first conflict in the Buyid-Hamdanid Wars; it was also the only conflict to occur largely in Buyid, rather than Hamdanid, territory.[1]