Battle of Balanjar (730s)

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Battle of Balanjarl
Part of the Second Arab–Khazar War
Datec. 732 CE
Location
Result Arab Muslim victory
Belligerents
Khazar Khaganate Umayyad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik
Strength
? ?
Casualties and losses
? ?

The Battle of Balanjar was fought around 732 near the Khazar city of Balanjar. The Umayyad army, commanded by the prince Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik, was victorious and advanced on towards Samandar.[1]

See also[]

  • Battle of Balanjar (disambiguation)

References[]

  1. ^ Brook p. 112

Bibliography[]

  • . The Jews of Khazaria. 3rd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018.
  • Douglas M. Dunlop. The History of the Jewish Khazars, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954.
  • Peter B. Golden. Khazar Studies: An Historico-Philological Inquiry into the Origins of the Khazars. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1980.
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