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 "id": "event/battle-of-samura-327",
 "class": "event",
 "slug": "battle-of-samura-327",
 "label": {
  "ar": "وقعة سمورة (٣٢٧هـ)",
  "en": "The battle of Samura (327 AH)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الواقعة بين عبد الرحمن الناصر صاحب الأندلس في مائة ألف أو يزيدون وبين رذمير ملك الجلالقة عند سمورة في شوال سنة سبع وعشرين وثلاثمائة بعد الكسوف الذي كان في الشهر بثلاثة أيام، وكانت للمسلمين عليهم ثم أنابوا بعد أن حوصروا وأولجوا إلى المدينة فقتل منهم بعد عبورهم الخندق نحو خمسين ألفاً، وقيل إن أمية بن إسحاق منع رذمير من طلب من نجا منهم وخوفه الكمين ورغبه فيما في المعسكر من الأموال، ثم جهز عبد الرحمن عساكره إلى الجلالقة فهلك فيها منهم ضعف ما قتل من المسلمين {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 359-360}.",
  "en": "al-Nasir's hundred-thousand-strong expedition against king Rudhmir of the Jalaliqa at Samura in Shawwal 327, three days after the month's eclipse — initially a Muslim victory, it turned when the besieged sortied and killed some fifty thousand after they had crossed the ditch; Umayya ibn Ishaq supposedly dissuaded Rudhmir from pursuing the survivors {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 359-360}."
 },
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 "wings": [
  "time"
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 "regions": [
  "andalus-europe"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/abbasid-fragmentation"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "wars-and-campaigns",
  "battles"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "battle",
  "date": {
   "start": {
    "hijri": "0327-10",
    "precision": "month",
    "status": "tradition",
    "note": "Shawwal 327 AH, three days after the month's eclipse",
    "sources": [
     "source/muruj-al-dhahab"
    ]
   }
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "مروج الذهب للمسعودي (ط الدار الإفريقية/الشركة العالمية) ج1 ص 359–360",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-muruj-dhahab-batch-3"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/muruj-al-dhahab"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "وقعة جرت عند [[place/samura|سمورة]] في شوال سنة 327هـ بين [[person/abd-al-rahman-iii-al-nasir|عبد الرحمن الناصر]] صاحب الأندلس و[[person/rudhmir-malik-al-jalaliqa|رذمير]] ملك الجلالقة. يذكر المسعودي أن جيش الناصر بلغ مائة ألف أو يزيد، وأنها وقعت بعد كسوف الشمس في الشهر بثلاثة أيام. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.359-360}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سير المعركة",
     "markdown": "يروي المسعودي أن الغلبة كانت للمسلمين في أول الأمر، ثم حوصروا ودخلوا المدينة. وبعد أن عبروا الخندق قُتل منهم نحو خمسين ألفاً. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.359-360}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "بعد المعركة",
     "markdown": "ينقل المسعودي قولاً بأن أمية بن إسحاق منع رذمير من طلب الناجين، وخوّفه من الكمين ورغّبه في أموال المعسكر. ثم جهز عبد الرحمن عساكره إلى الجلالقة، فهلك منهم ضعف من قُتل من المسلمين. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.359-360}\n\nالتاريخ مرويّ عن المسعودي وحده، ويحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/battle-of-samura-327",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "A battle took place at [[place/samura|Samura]] in Shawwal 327 AH between [[person/abd-al-rahman-iii-al-nasir|Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir]], ruler of al-Andalus, and [[person/rudhmir-malik-al-jalaliqa|Rudhmir]], king of the Jalaliqa (Galicians). al-Mas'udi says that the army of al-Nasir reached a hundred thousand or more, and that it took place three days after an eclipse of the sun in that month. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.359-360}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "How the battle went",
     "markdown": "al-Mas'udi relates that at first the victory was with the Muslims, then they were besieged and entered the town. After they crossed the ditch, about fifty thousand of them were killed. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.359-360}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "After the battle",
     "markdown": "al-Mas'udi relates a report that Umayya ibn Ishaq prevented Rudhmir from pursuing the survivors, warning him of an ambush and encouraging him toward the wealth of the camp. Then Abd al-Rahman sent his armies against the Jalaliqa, and twice as many of them perished as of the Muslims who had been killed. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.359-360}\n\nThe date is reported from al-Mas'udi alone, and it needs an additional source."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/battle-of-samura-327",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
 },
 "degree": 6,
 "contemporaries": [],
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   "to": "person/abd-al-rahman-iii-al-nasir",
   "type": "had_participant",
   "inverse": true,
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   "to": "person/rudhmir-malik-al-jalaliqa",
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   "role": "ملك الجلالقة"
  },
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 "related": [
  "event/abd-al-rahman-iii-caliphate",
  "event/cordoba-embassies-336",
  "event/balanjar-disaster-32",
  "event/battle-of-khaybar",
  "event/battle-of-the-trench",
  "event/conquest-of-mecca",
  "event/dhat-al-sawari-31",
  "event/expedition-of-banu-al-mustaliq"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}