First Perso-Turkic War
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Was a war fought by the Turkic Khaganate, together with his Hephthalite subjects, against the Sasanian Empire.
Chronology
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January 589: In 588, the Turkic Khagan Bagha Qaghan (known as Sabeh/Saba in Persian sources), together with his Hephthalite subjects, invaded the Sasanian territories south of the Oxus, where they attacked and routed the Sasanian soldiers stationed in Balkh, and then proceeded to conquer the city along with Talaqan, Badghis, and Herat.
January 590: In a council of war, Bahram was chosen to lead an army against them. His army ambushed a large army of Turks and Hephthalites in April 588, at the battle of Hyrcanian rock, and again in 589, re-conquering Balkh.
January 590: Hormizd IV proceeded to cross the Oxus river and won a decisive victory over Turks. The Sasanians now held suzerainty over the Sogdian cities of Chach and Samarkand, where Hormizd minted coins.
