Göktürk-Persian wars
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Was a series of conflicts between the Göktürks and the Sassanid Empire.
Chronology
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Was a war fought by the Turkic Khaganate, together with his Hephthalite subjects, against the Sasanian Empire.
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.
Was an invasion of the Sasanian Empire by the Göktürks and Hephthalites ending with the defeat of the Turks and Hephthalites by the Sasanians.
January 607: A Western Turkic force overran Khorasan and further territory up to Isfahan.
February 607: The Turks withdrew after their raids in Khorasan.
Was the third and final conflict between the Sasanian Empire and the Western Turkic Khaganate.
April 627: In 627, the Göktürks, led by Khagan Tong Yabghu, and their Khazar allies, led by Khagan Ziebel, conquered the Caspian Gates at Derbent in Caucasian Albania. The fall of the supposedly impregnable fortress caused widespread panic in the region.
April 627: Siege of Tbilisi.
January 628: Tong Yabghu hastened to resume the siege of Tiflis and successfully stormed the city in winter.
January 630: In 629, the Turks, led by their ruler Tong Yabghu, raided Caucasian Iberia, a territory of the Sasanian Empire. Anticipating a strong retaliation from the Sassanids, the Turks looted cities before retreating to the steppes.
January 630: In 629, the Turks raided Caucasian Iberia, a territory of the Sasanian Empire. The Turks anticipated a strong retaliation from the Sassanids, so they looted cities and retreated to the steppes.
