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Name: Sarir

Type: Polity

Start: 501 AD

End: 1100 AD

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Was a medieval Christian state lasting from the 5th century to the 12th century in the mountainous regions of modern-day Dagestan.

Establishment


  • January 501: Sarir was a medieval Christian state lasting from the 5th century to the 12th century in the mountainous regions of modern-day Dagestan.
  • Chronology


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    1. Early Muslim conquests


    Were the military campaigns by the first three Islamic Caliphates (the Caliphate of Muhammad, the Rashidun Caliphate and the Umayyad Caliphate) that led to the Islamic conquest of most of the Middle East as well as the Iberian Peninsula.

    1.1.Arab-Khazar Wars

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

    1.1.1.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. Caspian expeditions of the Rus´


    Were military raids undertaken by the Rus' between the late 9th century and c. 1041 on the Caspian Sea shores.

    2.1.First Caspian expedition of the Rus'

    The Rus' undertook the first large-scale expedition in the Caspian Sea in 913. Having arrived on 500 ships, they pillaged in the Georgan region, in the territory of present-day Iran, and more to the west, in Gilan and Mazandaran, taking slaves and goods.

  • January 914: The Rus' undertook the first large-scale Caspian expedition in 913. Having arrived on 500 ships, they pillaged in the Gorgan region, in the territory of present-day Iran, and more to the west, in Gilan and Mazandaran, taking slaves and goods.
  • February 914: The Rus' undertook the first large-scale Caspian expedition in 913. After having pillaged the Gorgan, Gilan and Mazandaran (Modern-day Iran), the Rus' forces left these regions.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 629: Around 628 Kubrat of Bulgaria returned to his homeland and took the leadership of his people, probably with the approval of the Avars. A short time later he succeeded in overthrowing the Avar domination and also in separating himself from the Western Turkic Khaganate (which was embroiled in various dynastic wars).

  • January 651: The Qağanate of the Khazars took shape out of the ruins of the Turkic Khaganate as it broke up under pressure from the Tang dynasty armies to the east sometime between 630 and 650.

  • January 894: The Kingdom of Hereti was a medieval monarchy which emerged in Caucasus on the Iberian-Albanian frontier.

  • January 909: In about 908 Abkhazian king Constantine III (c.894 . 923) annexed a significant portion of Kartli.

  • January 1015: Kvirike III declared himself King of Kakheti and Hereti.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1101: Disintegration of the state of Sarir in the early 12th century.
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