Start of the four-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_al-Mada'in" id="mwFg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of al-Mada'in">Battle of al-Mada'in</a>, between the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdanids" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hamdanids">Hamdanids</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mosul">Mosul</a> and the Baridis of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Basra">Basra</a> over control of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abbasid">Abbasid</a> capital, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_16#cite_note-1" id="mwHA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwHQ">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt12" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFAmedrozMargoliouth1921"><a href="./Henry_Frederick_Amedroz" id="mwB0Y" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Henry Frederick Amedroz">Amedroz, Henry F.</a>; Margoliouth, David S., eds. (1921). <a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/eclipseofabbasid05ameduoft" id="mwB0c" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB0g">The Eclipse of the 'Abbasid Caliphate. Original Chronicles of the Fourth Islamic Century, Vol. V: The concluding portion of The Experiences of Nations by Miskawaihi, Vol. II: Reigns of Muttaqi, Mustakfi, Muzi and Ta'i</i></a>. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. pp.<span id="mwB0k" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>30–32.</cite><span about="#mwt12" class="Z3988" id="mwB0o" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Eclipse+of+the+%27Abbasid+Caliphate.+Original+Chronicles+of+the+Fourth+Islamic+Century%2C+Vol.+V%3A+The+concluding+portion+of+The+Experiences+of+Nations+by+Miskawaihi%2C+Vol.+II%3A+Reigns+of+Muttaqi%2C+Mustakfi%2C+Muzi+and+Ta%27i&amp;rft.place=Oxford&amp;rft.pages=30-32&amp;rft.pub=Basil+Blackwell&amp;rft.date=1921&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Feclipseofabbasid05ameduoft&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+16"></span></span>