Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad

Battles of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad

Umayyad general and governor (died 686), AD 648 to AD 686

Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 680 and AD 686: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Iraq (2), Syria (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,516 km apart end to end, 505 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Fitna (4).

Battle of KarbalaBattle of Marj al-RahitBattle of Ayn al-WardaBattle of KhazirBattle of KarbalaBattle of Marj al-RahitBattle of Ayn al-WardaBattle of KhazirBaghdadAleppoDamascusBeirutMosulAdanaKirkukGaziantepHomsṬarābulus500 km34.728N, 40.247E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 680: 1 engagementsAD 684: 2 engagements2 in AD 684AD 686: 1 engagementsAD 680AD 686
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Karbala, AD 680Battle of Marj al-Rahit, AD 684Battle of Ayn al-Warda, AD 684Battle of Khazir, AD 686AD 680AD 686
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 October AD 680Battle of KarbalaKarbala, IraqUmayyad victory
18 August AD 684Battle of Marj al-RahitMarj Rahit, Syria713 km WUmayyad victory
December AD 684Battle of Ayn al-WardaRas al-Ayn, Syria489 km NEUmayyad victory
6 August AD 686Battle of KhazirKhazir River, Iraq314 km EPro-Alid victory

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, User:Cplakidas (uploader), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.