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Name: Arab-Khazar Wars

Type: Event

Start: 653 AD

End: 741 AD

Parent: Early Muslim conquests

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Were a series of conflicts fought between the armies of the Khazar Khaganate and the Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbasid caliphates and their respective vassals.

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1. First Arab-Khazar War


Was a war between the Khazar Kahaganate and the Rashidun Caliphate.

  • January 653: The Khazars abandoned Balanjar and moved their capital further north, in an attempt to evade the reach of the Arab armies.
  • February 653: The Khazars abandoned Balanjar and moved their capital further north, in an attempt to evade the reach of the Arab armies.

  • 2. Second Arab-Khazar War


    Was a war between the Khazar Kahaganate and the Umayyad Caliphate.

  • August 722: Battle of Balanjar.
  • January 730: By 729, the Arabs had lost control of northeastern Transcaucasia.
  • December 730: The battle in 730 in Ardabil was between the Arab general al-Jarrah and the Khazars led by Barjik. The Khazars emerged victorious, defeating al-Jarrah's army of 25,000 soldiers. This victory solidified the Khazar Khaganate's control over the territory.
  • January 732: Sa'id ibn Yazid was a prominent Umayyad general who successfully recaptured the city of Akhlat on Lake Van in 731.
  • January 741: He restored the provinces of Albania to Muslim allegiance after meting out exemplary punishment to the inhabitants of Khaydhan, who resisted his advance, and reached Derbent, where he found a Khazar garrison of 1,000 men with their families installed. .

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