Siege of Baghdad (812-813)

812 CE.

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The siege of Baghdad Arabic: حِصَارُ بَغْدَاد, romanized: Ḥiṣāru Baghdād was a part of a civil war between al-Amin and al-Ma'mun for the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad. The siege lasted from August 812 until September 813. The siege is described by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari in his History of the Prophets and Kings.

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