Battle of Hama | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Abbasid Caliphate Banu Shayban Banu Tamim | "Fatimid" pro-Isma'ili rebels | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib al-Husayn ibn Hamdan | Several | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown |
4,900 cavalry 3,000 infantry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
Very heavy; many killed Over 1,100 horses captured |
The Battle of Hama was fought some 24 km (15 mi) from the city of Hama in Syria on 29 November 903 between the forces of the Abbasid Caliphate and pro-Isma'ili Bedouin (called "Fatimids" or "Qarmatians"). The Abbasids were victorious, resulting in the capture and execution of the Isma'ili leadership. This removed the Isma'ili presence in northern Syria, and was followed by the suppression of another revolt in Iraq in 906. More importantly, it paved the way for the Abbasid attack on the autonomous Tulunid dynasty and the reincorporation of the Tulunid domains in southern Syria and Egypt into the Abbasid Caliphate.