Name: Zakho Fort
Address: Zakho Fort, Global / Diaspora

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The war of Nasir al-Dawla and Mu'izz al-Dawla for Baghdad (334-335 AH / 946)

The war between the Buyid Mu'izz al-Dawla, with the caliph al-Muti' in his camp, and the Hamdanid Nasir al-Dawla with Tuzun's Turks and Abu Ja'far ibn Shirzad, from late Sha'ban 334 around Ukbara and Samarra until the Daylamites crossed the Tigris to east Baghdad at dawn on Saturday, the last day of Dhu al-Hijja 334, by a ruse with pontoons; Nasir al-Dawla was routed, both banks were taken, and at the end of Muharram 335 he sued for peace and fled his own Turks for Mosul. Ibn al-Jawzi puts the rout on 1 Muharram 335 and tells of the looting of Bab al-Taq and Suq Yahya and of the many who died of heat and thirst on the road to Ukbara.

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The war of Nasir al-Dawla and Mu'izz al-Dawla for Baghdad (334-335 AH / 946)