730 ⟶ Khazar Invasion of Iran and Battle of Marj Ardabil

Khazars invade northwestern Iran and defeat the Umayyad forc...

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⚔️ First Turgesh Invasion into Transoxiana

First Turgesh invasion into Transoxiana under Kursul.⟶

TurgeshTransoxianaInvasionWarfareCentral AsiaUmayyad Caliphate8th Century

Uzbekistan Tajikistan

Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

🛡️ Battle of Baykand and Siege of Kamarja

Khurasani army under Ashras ibn Abdallah al-Sulami scores a narrow victory over the Turgesh at the Battle of Baykand and recovers Bukhara. The retreating Turgesh undertake the Siege of Kamarja.⟶

Battle of BaykandSiege of KamarjaTurgeshWarfareKhurasan8th CenturyCentral Asia

Uzbekistan

🛡️ Khazar Invasion of Iran and Battle of Marj Ardabil

Khazars invade northwestern Iran and defeat the Umayyad forces at the Battle of Marj Ardabil, killing the Arab governor al-Djarrah al-Hakami and briefly occupying the town⟶

KhazarsInvasionIranBattle of Marj ArdabilWarfareUmayyad Caliphate8th CenturyCaucasus

Iran

Azerbaijan

🛡️ Marwan ibn Muhammad's Caucasus Campaign

Marwan ibn Muhammad (later Caliph Marwan II) poured across the Caucasus and eventually defeated a Khazar army led by Hazer Tarkhan, briefly occupying Atil itself.⟶