Capture of Damascus (971)
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| Capture of Damascus | |||||||||
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| Part of Qarmatians-Fatimid war | |||||||||
 A photo of the Old Damascus area | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 QarmatiansSupported by:  Abbasid Caliphate Hamdanid dynasty |
 Fatimid Caliphate | ||||||||
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Al-Hasan al-A'sam |
Ja'far ibn Fallah † | ||||||||
The Capture of Damascus or the Qarmatians' capture of the Levant was one of the Qarmatian attacks against the Fatimids, particularly targeting the regions of Greater Syria, and specifically the area of Damascus, which they also looted.
Before these campaigns the Qarmatians were expanding in the Arabian Peninsula with their most notable expansion being the Sack of Mecca and the theft of the Black Stone. This action destroyed their relations with most Muslims especially the Fatimid Caliphate in North Africa, whose capital was Mahdia. Subsequently, attacks on the Levant and Egypt began, and this battle was a core part of those campaigns.
