Battle of Balanjar (723)

Sack of Balanjar (723)
	Part of theArab–Khazar Wars
Date	723 CE
Location	Balanjar
Result	Umayyadvictory
Belligerents
KhazarKhaganate	Umayyad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Tarkhan	Jarrah

TheBattle of Balanjartook place during theKhazar–Arab Wars.^[1]In 722 or 723, according toMuhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari,Umayyadsoldiers underal-Jarrah ibn Abdallahcrossed theCaucasus Mountainsand attackedBalanjar.The inhabitants of Balanjar tried to defend their town by fastening 3000wagonstogether and circling them around the keyfortresson high terrain, but were defeated in the attack.^[2]The Arabs massacred much of the town's population; survivors fled to other towns, includingSamandar.The victorious Arab army stole muchbootyand the soldiers received large sums of money. After this battle, the Arabs went on to captureSamandarand the Muslims once again became a dominant force inTranscaucasia.

References

^Minorsky, Vladimir (1958).A History of Sharvān and Darband in the 10th-11th Centuries.Heffer. p. 106.
^Medieval Wars 500–1500.Amber Books Ltd. 2012-09-17. p. 31.ISBN 978-1-78274-119-0.

Sources

Dunlop, Douglas M.(1954).The History of the Jewish Khazars.Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.OCLC 459245222.
Semyonov, Igor G. (2008)."Эпизоды биографии хазарского принца Барсбека"[Biographical episodes of the Khazar prince Barsbek](PDF).Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual International Conference on Jewish Studies, Part 2(in Russian). Moscow. pp. 282–297.ISBN 978-5-8125-1212-5.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] Minorsky, Vladimir (1958).A History of Sharvān and Darband in the 10th-11th Centuries.Heffer. p. 106.

[2] Medieval Wars 500–1500.Amber Books Ltd. 2012-09-17. p. 31.ISBN 978-1-78274-119-0.

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