Qarmatian invasion of Iraq
... that during the Qarmatian invasion of Iraq, the Abbasid Caliphate raised an army of more than 40,000 men to protect Baghdad, but did not engage the few thousand Qarmatians in battle?
... that during the <b id="mwOg"><a href="./Qarmatian_invasion_of_Iraq" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Qarmatian invasion of Iraq">Qarmatian invasion of Iraq</a></b>, the <a href="./Abbasid_Caliphate" id="mwPA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> raised an army of more than 40,000 men to protect <a href="./Baghdad" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, but did not engage the few thousand <a href="./Qarmatians" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Qarmatians">Qarmatians</a> in battle?