Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Sayf al-Dawla

Battles of Sayf al-Dawla

Muslim general, AD 916 to AD 967

Sayf al-Dawla is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 938 and AD 962: 10 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (9), Iraq (1), Syria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,646 km apart end to end, 365 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Arab–Byzantine wars (9).

Battle of CharpeteBattle of the LycusBattle of Darb al-KankarunBattle of HadathSiege of HadathBattle of ArghanaBattle of al-Mada'inBattle of MarashBattle of RabanBattle of AndrassosSack of AleppoBattle of al-Mada'inBattle of MarashBattle of RabanBattle of AndrassosSack of AleppoAnkaraDamascusBeirutYerevanNicosiaBursaTabrizMosulKonyaSamsun500 km36.928N, 38.791E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 938: 1 engagementsAD 942: 1 engagementsAD 950: 2 engagements2 in AD 950AD 953: 1 engagementsAD 954: 1 engagementsAD 955: 1 engagementsAD 956: 1 engagementsAD 958: 1 engagementsAD 960: 1 engagementsAD 962: 1 engagementsAD 938AD 962
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Charpete, AD 938Battle of al-Mada'in, AD 942Battle of the Lycus, AD 950Battle of Darb al-Kankarun, AD 950Battle of Marash, AD 953Battle of Hadath, AD 954Siege of Hadath, AD 955Battle of Arghana, AD 956Battle of Raban, AD 958Battle of Andrassos, AD 960Sack of Aleppo, AD 962AD 938AD 962
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 938Battle of CharpeteKharpoot, TurkeyHamdanid victory
AD 942Battle of al-Mada'inSeleucia-Ctesiphon, Iraq787 km SEHamdanid victory
AD 950Battle of the LycusKelkit Brook, Turkey1,113 km NWHamdanid victory
AD 950Battle of Darb al-KankarunCappadocia, Turkey273 km SWByzantine victory
AD 953Battle of MarashKahramanmaraş, Turkey219 km SEHamdanid victory
AD 954Battle of HadathHadath, Turkey48 km EHamdanid victory
26 August AD 955Siege of HadathHadath, Turkey0 km NHamdanid victory
AD 956Battle of ArghanaErgani, Turkey211 km EHamdanid victory
AD 958Battle of RabanSyria, Turkey211 km WByzantine victory
AD 960Battle of AndrassosTaurus Mountains, Turkey402 km WByzantine victory
22 December AD 962Sack of AleppoAleppo, Syria381 km EByzantine victorySack of Aleppo

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown, 13th-century author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.