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 "id": "event/zanj-wasit-264",
 "class": "event",
 "slug": "zanj-wasit-264",
 "label": {
  "ar": "دخول الزنج واسطًا",
  "en": "The Zanj Enter Wasit"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "في سنة أربع وستين ومائتين دخل الزنج واسطًا فأخلوا الناس البلد وخرجوا عنه حفاة على وجوههم، وكانوا يدخلون المنازل فيجدونها مفروشة، ومضى الناس وكان يأخذ أحدهم عما ملكه ورداءه فيشد به رجليه ويمشي، وضُربت واسط بالنار {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}.",
  "en": "In 264 AH the Zanj entered Wasit and emptied it — the people walked out barefoot while the rebels found houses still furnished; the town was struck with fire {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}."
 },
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 ],
 "regions": [
  "levant-iraq"
 ],
 "periods": [
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  "latest": 879.0015537621948
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   "edtf": "0878~",
   "hijri": "0264",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "٢٦٤؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}."
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "0878~",
   "hijri": "0264",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "٢٦٤؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}."
  }
 },
 "data": {
  "kind": "conquest",
  "sides": [
   {
    "label": {
     "ar": "الزنج"
    }
   },
   {
    "label": {
     "ar": "أهل واسط والدولة العباسية"
    }
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    46.03,
    32.17
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  "date": {
   "start": {
    "edtf": "0878~",
    "hijri": "0264",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "٢٦٤؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}."
   }
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "المنتظم لابن الجوزي (ط حيدرآباد 1357، ج5 ق2، سنة 264)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-muntazam-258-349-batch26"
  },
  "sources": [
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  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "في سنة أربع وستين ومائتين دخل الزنج واسطًا فأخلوا الناس البلد وخرجوا عنه حفاة على وجوههم. {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المشهد",
     "markdown": "يصف ابن الجوزي الخروج: كان الزنج يدخلون المنازل فيجدونها مفروشة، ومضى الناس وكان يأخذ أحدهم عما ملكه ورداءه فيشد به رجليه ويمشي، وضُربت واسط بالنار. {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/zanj-wasit-264",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "In the year 264 AH the Zanj entered Wasit, and the people vacated the town and left it barefoot, each fleeing in whatever direction he went. {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The scene",
     "markdown": "Ibn al-Jawzi describes the departure. The Zanj entered houses and found them furnished. People went out, and each one would leave what he owned, bind his feet with his cloak, and walk on. Wasit was set on fire. {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/zanj-wasit-264",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "264ھ میں زنج واسط میں داخل ہوئے تو لوگوں نے شہر خالی کر دیا اور ننگے پاؤں، جدھر منہ اٹھا اُدھر نکل گئے۔ {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "منظر",
     "markdown": "ابن الجوزی اس انخلا کی منظر کشی کرتے ہیں: زنج گھروں میں داخل ہوتے تو انہیں بچھا ہوا پاتے۔ لوگ نکلتے رہے، ہر شخص اپنا مال و اسباب چھوڑ دیتا اور اپنی چادر پاؤں پر لپیٹ کر چلتا، اور واسط کو آگ لگا دی گئی۔ {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 46}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/zanj-wasit-264",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
  }
 },
 "degree": 4,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [
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   "type": "occurred_at",
   "inverse": false,
   "sources": [
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   ]
  },
  {
   "to": "person/sahib-al-zanj",
   "type": "had_participant",
   "inverse": true,
   "role": "زعيم الزنج",
   "sources": [
    "source/muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "related": [
  "event/muwaffaq-rescue-267",
  "building/bimaristan-muayyadi-wasit",
  "event/death-of-hajjaj-95",
  "event/founding-of-wasit",
  "event/killing-of-sahib-al-zanj",
  "event/muhammad-qasim-death",
  "event/wasit-batini-killing-600",
  "event/wasit-boats-drown-348"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}