Battle of Dayr al-Aqul

Battle of Dayr al-Aqul
Date	8 April 876
Location	Istarband, near Dayr al-`Aqul on the Tigris, present-day Iraq32°55′N 45°5′E / 32.917°N 45.083°E
Result	Abbasid victory
Belligerents
Abbasid Caliphate	Saffarid dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Al-Muwaffaq; Musa ibn Bugha; Masrur al-Balkhi	Ya`qub ibn Laith ; Abi'l-Saj Devdad
Strength
150,000	100,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	7,000 killed
	class=notpageimage\| Location within 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.

The town of Dayr al-ʿĀqūl (Arabic: دير العاقول, Persian: دیرالعاقول; literally "monastery at the river-bend", from a Syriac ʿaqūlā "bend") was the main town of the fertile district (ṭassūj) in central Nahrawan, making it the most important town on the Tigris between Baghdad and Wasit. The battle itself took place near a village of the town's district, called Istarband, between Dayr al-Aqul itself and Sib Bani Kuma.^[3]

^ Jalali, Ali Ahmad (2017-03-17). A Military History of Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2407-2.
^ Jalali, Ali Ahmad (2017-03-17). A Military History of Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2407-2.
^ Bosworth, "Dayr al-`Aqul"

[1] Jalali, Ali Ahmad (2017-03-17). A Military History of Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2407-2.

[2] Jalali, Ali Ahmad (2017-03-17). A Military History of Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2407-2.

[3] Bosworth, "Dayr al-`Aqul"

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