استيلاء عضد الدولة على ملك بني حمدان
استيلاء عضد الدولة على ملك بني حمدان
c. July 978 CE · 12 Dhu al-Qa'da 367 AH
In Dhu'l-Qa'da 367 Adud al-Dawla took Mosul and the Hamdanid Jazira; Abu Taghlib expected the usual raid-and-settle, but Adud came stocked with provisions and local know-how, settled in and hunted him — 'these lands are dearer to me than Iraq' 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
Ibn al-Athir reports that in 367 AH, after Abu Taghlib and Bakhtiyar had been defeated, Adud al-Dawla marched toward Mosul and took it on 12 Dhu al-Qa'da, together with what was attached to it. 1
Adud al-Dawla's plan
Abu Taghlib expected him to do as others before him had done: stay a short time, then be forced to make peace and return. But Adud al-Dawla, in the narrator's words, was more prudent than that. He brought provisions and fodder, and those who knew the province of Mosul, settled there with confidence, and sent raiding parties in pursuit of Abu Taghlib. 1
Abu Taghlib sent asking to hold the lands in farm, and Adud al-Dawla did not answer him. He said: "This land is dearer to me than Iraq." 1
The Gregorian conversion is derived. An additional source is needed to confirm the date.
Connections
- Had participant
- عضد الدولة فناخسرو بن ركن الدولة· أبو تغلب فضل الله بن ناصر الدولة
People and things also explored
قتل بختيار بن معز الدولة· قدوم عضد الدولة إلى العراق· تفويض الطائع الأمر إلى عضد الدولة· قتل أبي تغلب بن حمدان· أبو تغلب فضل الله بن ناصر الدولة· عضد الدولة فناخسرو بن ركن الدولة
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 507-508
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islam.museum contributors. “استيلاء عضد الدولة على ملك بني حمدان”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/adud-conquest-of-mosul-367/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.