At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
In 421 the emperor of Rum marched on Aleppo with a host the account puts at three hundred thousand; he was routed near 'Azaz by the Aleppines and the frontier Muslims, fled disguised by night until he saved himself, and his camp and wealth were taken — Ibn al-Jawzi's telling, numbers and all 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Aleppo
People and things also explored
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Byzantine capture of Aleppo· Conquest of Aleppo (15 AH)· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo· Execution of the Hurufi leader Nasim al-Din al-Tabrizi at Aleppo, 820
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.392-393
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Battle of Azaz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/battle-of-azaz-1030/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.