battle, medieval

Battle of al-Mada'in

Name: Battle of al-Mada'in
Location: Iraq

Battle of al-Mada'in was a battle fought in AD 942 in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Hamdanid victory.

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FoughtAD 942

WhereIraq33.094N, 44.581E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeHamdanid victory

BelligerentsHamdanid emirate of MosulagainstBaridis of Basra

Casualties and lossesHeavyandHeavy

Record

Date	AD 942 (year precision) to AD 942
Place	Iraq 33.094N, 44.581E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Heavy
Commanders	Sayf al-Dawla Tuzun (amir al-umara) Khajkhaj	Abu'l-Husayn al-Baridi

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Ctesiphon AD 637, same recorded site
Siege of Maiozamalcha AD 363, same recorded site
Siege of Ctesiphon AD 629, same recorded site
Battle of Ctesiphon AD 363, 0.8 km N
Battle of Ctesiphon 1915, 1.3 km W

Elsewhere in AD 942

Siege of Lérida Spain
Battle of Fraxinet France

Battle of al-Mada'in is one of 167 engagements of the 10th century in the atlas and one of 173 in present-day Iraq.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q85745957, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of al-Mada'in, revision 1370597374, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.