User:Winipitia/Battle of sirte
| Battle of sirte (914) | |||||||||
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| Part of Abbasid-Fatimid wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Abbasid Caliphate |
 Fatimid Caliphate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ibn al-Ash'ath Samir al-din Mallakish al-Barbary |
Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah Maisan ibn abdullah Abu muslim al-maghrebi | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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50,000 Soldiers 30 catapults |
63,000 Soldiers 25 catapult | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 12,000 killed | Heavy lose reached 29,000 killed | ||||||||
The battle of sirte (In arabic: Ma'rakat sirt) took place in April 914 and ended with a decesive victory for abbasid caliphate over the fatimid caliphate. As a result Abbasids invaded fezzan and tripolitania region from ibadi-shia control. it marked the first abbasid victory over fatimids