Battle of Baghdad (946)

Battle of Baghdad (946)
Part of the Buyid-Hamdanid Wars
Boundary established between the Buyid and Hamdanid amirates at the end of the war (dashed line).
Date April – August, 946 Location Baghdad, modern-day Iraq Result Buyid victory
Belligerents
Buyid dynasty	Hamdanid amirate of Mosul
Commanders and leaders
Mu'izz al-Dawla Abu Ja'far Saymari Ispahdost	Nasir al-Dawla Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Shirzad Abu 'Abdallah Husayn b. Sa'id

The Battle of Baghdad (946 AD) was fought between the forces of the Buyid Emirate of Iraq under Mu'izz al-Dawla and the Hamdanid Emirate of Mosul under Nasir al-Dawla within the city of Baghdad. The battle lasted for several months; it eventually ended in victory for the Buyids, who expelled the Hamdanids from Baghdad with a major offensive and secured control of the city.

The battle was the first conflict in the Buyid-Hamdanid Wars; it was also the only conflict to occur largely in Buyid, rather than Hamdanid, territory.^[1]