Battle of Balanjar (730s)
The Battle of Balanjar was fought around 732 near the Khazar city of Balanjar. The Umayyad army, commanded by the prince Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik, was victorious and advanced on towards Samandar.[1]
| Battle of Balanjarl | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Arab–Khazar War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Khazar Khaganate | Umayyad Caliphate | ||||||
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| Unknown | Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik | ||||||
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| ? | ? | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| heavy | low | ||||||
See also
References
- Brook p. 112
Bibliography
- Kevin Alan Brook. The Jews of Khazaria. 3rd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018.
- Douglas M. Dunlop. The History of the Jewish Khazars, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954.
- Peter B. Golden. Khazar Studies: An Historico-Philological Inquiry into the Origins of the Khazars. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1980.
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