Sack of Basra (923)

Sack of Basra
	Part of the wars between the Qarmatians and the Abbasid Caliphate
Date	11–28 August 923
Location	Basra, Abbasid Caliphate
Result	Qarmatian victory Basra looted and mass killing and enslavement of civilians;
Belligerents
Qarmatians of Bahrayn	Abbasid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Abu Tahir al-Jannabi	Sabuk al-Muflihi †
Strength
1,700	Unknown

The Sack of Basra was the capture and looting of the Abbasid city of Basra by the Qarmatians of Bahrayn, and took place in August 923. It was the first of a series of Qarmatian attacks, that culminated in an invasion of Iraq in 927–928.