battle, medieval

Battle of Baghdad

Name: Battle of Baghdad
Location: Baghdad, Iraq

Battle of Baghdad was a battle fought in AD 946 at Baghdad, in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Baghdad. The recorded result: Buyid victory.

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FoughtAD 946

WhereBaghdad, Iraq33.315N, 44.366E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBuyid victory

BelligerentsBuyid Emirate of Iraq and KhuzestanagainstAbbasid Caliphate; Hamdanid Emirate of Mosul

Record

Date	AD 946 (year precision) to AD 946
Place	Baghdad, Iraq 33.315N, 44.366E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Territorial change	Baghdad conquered by the Buyids
Commanders	Mu'izz al-Dawla Abu Ja'far Saymari Ispahdost	Nasir al-Dawla Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Shirzad Abu 'Abdallah Husayn ibn Sa'id ibn Hamdan

Placed at Baghdad; 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

Capture of Baghdad 1508, same recorded site
Siege of Baghdad 1258, 4.6 km NW
Siege of Baghdad 1401, 4.6 km NW
Capture of Baghdad (1624) 1624, 5.3 km E
Siege of Baghdad 1625, 5.3 km E

Battle of Baghdad 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 Q4870385, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Baghdad (946), revision 1381214535, 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.