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Battle of the Zab
In 750 CE, Abbasid rebel forces fought the army of the last Umayyad caliph Marwan II near the Great Zab in northern Iraq;…
Timeline
- 750Great Zab · IraqThe Abbasid army, commanded by Abdallah ibn Ali, brother of Abu al-Abbas, deployed for the decisive battle against the Umayyad main force led by Marwan II on the banks of the Great Zab in northern Iraq.
- 750Great Zab battlefield · IraqIn the fierce fighting the Abbasid army broke through the Umayyad lines; Marwan fled to Egypt and was killed soon after. The Umayyad dynasty suffered complete military collapse, and Abbasid forces took control of the imperial center.
Sources
- The Armies of the Caliphs: Military and Society in the Early Islamic State — Hugh Kennedy (2001)