Editing 763 (section)

==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
[[File:Abbasid Caliphate and Umayyad Emirate.png|thumb|Abbasid Caliphate under [[Al-Mansur]] (r. 754–775) in black and [[Emirate of Córdoba]] in white]]
* In 763 Al-Mansur sent his troops to conquer [[Al-Andalus]] for the [[Abbasid empire]]. But the ruler [[Abd al-Rahman I]] successfully defended his territory. Al-Mansur withdrew and thereafter focused his troops on holding the eastern part of his empire on lands that were once part of Persia.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade |last1= Wise Bauer |first1=Susan |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |year=2010|isbn= 9780393078176|pages=369}}</ref>
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Alid Revolt (762–763)#Ibrahim's uprising in Basra|Battle of Bakhamra]]: The Abbasid army under [[Isa ibn Musa]] defeats the [[Alids]], and puts an end to their rebellion. The power of the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid dynasty]] is consolidated.