Battle of the Zab
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The Battle of the Zab (Arabic: معركة الزاب), also referred to in scholarly contexts as Battle of the Great Zāb River, took place on January 25, 750, on the banks of the Great Zab River in what is now the modern country of Iraq. It spelled the end of the Umayyad Caliphate and the rise of the Abbasids, a dynasty that would last from 750 to 1517.
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Main article: Abbasid Revolution
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Battle of the Zab | |||||||
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Part of the Abbasid Revolution | |||||||
Greater Zab River Map in Iraq | |||||||
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Abbasid Caliphate | Umayyad Caliphate | ||||||
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Abu Muslim[1] Saffah[2] Abd Allah ibn Ali[3][4] Abu Awn | Marwan II (WIA)[citation needed] | ||||||
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around 20.000[citation needed] | around 120,000[5] |
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