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==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Battle of Tawahin]]: Muslim forces (4,000 men) of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], under [[Al-Mu'tadid]], are defeated near [[Ramla]]h (modern [[Israel]]) by [[Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun|Khumarawayh]], ruler of the [[Tulunids|Tulunid dynasty]]. This ends the Abbasid attempt to recover [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]] from the Tulunids. A large part of the Abbasid army is captured, and transported to [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]. Khumarawayh aims for reconciliation with the caliphal government, and allows the soldiers who want to return to modern-day [[Iraq]] to depart without [[ransom]], while offering the rest the opportunity to settle in Egypt.<ref>{{EI2 | volume = 5 | title = K̲h̲umārawayh | first = U. | last = Haarmann | authorlink = | page = 49 | doi =10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_4328 }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Khumārawaih | first = Moritz | last = Sobernheim | encyclopedia = E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, Volume IV: 'Itk–Kwaṭṭa | editor-first = Martijn Theodoor | editor-last = Houtsma | publisher = BRILL | location = Leiden | year = 1987 | isbn = 978-90-04-08265-6 | url = {{Google Books|7CP7fYghBFQC|page=973|plainurl=y}} | page = 973 }}</ref>