The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dayr_al-'Aqul" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul">Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul</a> saves <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffarids" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saffarids">Saffarids</a>.<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_8#cite_note-2" id="mwHg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwHw">[2]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt17" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFPopović1999">Popović, Alexander (1999). <i id="mwByE">The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq in the 3rd/9th Century</i>. Princeton, N.J.: Markus Wiener Publishers. p.<span id="mwByI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>74. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwByM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwByQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9781558761629" id="mwByU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9781558761629"><bdi id="mwByY">9781558761629</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt17" class="Z3988" id="mwByc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Revolt+of+African+Slaves+in+Iraq+in+the+3rd%2F9th+Century&amp;rft.place=Princeton%2C+N.J.&amp;rft.pages=74&amp;rft.pub=Markus+Wiener+Publishers&amp;rft.date=1999&amp;rft.isbn=9781558761629&amp;rft.aulast=Popovi%C4%87&amp;rft.aufirst=Alexander&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+8"></span></span>