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Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami.
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Battle of Marj Ardabil
730 battle of the Second Arab-Khazar War
The Battle of Marj Ardabil or the Battle of Ardabil was fought on the plains surrounding the city of Ardabil in northwestern Iran in AD 730. A Khazar army led by Barjik, the son of the Khazar khagan, invaded the Umayyad provinces of Jibal and Iranian Azerbaijan in retaliation…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Khazars
Historical semi-nomadic Turkic ethnic group
The Khazars were a nomadic Turkic people who, in the late 6th century CE, established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, and Kazakhstan. They created what, for its duration, was the most powerful…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Umayyad Caliphate
Second Islamic caliphate (661–750 CE)
The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty. Uthman ibn Affan, the third of the Rashidun caliphs, was also a member of the clan. The family established dynastic,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah
Arab nobleman and general of Hakami
Abu Uqba al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami was an Arab nobleman and general of the Hakami tribe. During the course of the early 8th century, he was at various times governor of Basra, Sistan and Khurasan, Armenia and Adharbayjan. A legendary warrior already during his lifetime,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
December 9
Day of the year
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