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Battle of Rayy | |||||||
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Part of the Fourth Fitna | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Al-Amin's forces | Al-Ma'mun's forces | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan † | Tahir ibn Husayn | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Around 50,000 | >10,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
High | Low |
This Battle of Rayy (one among many) was fought on May 1, 811 AD as part of an Abbasid civil war (the "Fourth Fitna") between the two half-brothers, al-Amin and al-Ma'mun.