Battle of Kharistan
The Battle of Kharistan was fought between the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Turkic Turgesh in December 737 near the town of Kharistan in Juzjan, eastern Khurasan (modern northern Afghanistan). The Umayyads under the governor of Khurasan, Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri, managed to surprise and defeat the Turgesh khagan, Suluk, and his ally the Arab renegade al-Harith ibn Surayj, thereby forestalling the collapse of Arab rule over Khurasan.
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Battle of Kharistan
The Battle of Kharistan was fought between the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Turkic Turgesh in December 737 near the town of Kharistan in Juzjan, eastern Khurasan (modern northern Afghanistan). The Umayyads under the governor of Khurasan, Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri, managed to surprise and defeat the Turgesh khagan, Suluk, and his ally the Arab renegade al-Harith ibn Surayj, thereby forestalling the collapse of Arab rule over Khurasan.
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La battaglia di Kharīstān (in ...... rchi Turgesh del Kaghan Su Lu.
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The Battle of Kharistan was fo ...... fore the Turgesh intervention.
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Principality ofJuzjan
Sogdian princes ofTransoxiana
Turgesh Khaganate
Umayyad Caliphate
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ca. 4,000 men
ca. 7,000 men
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Map of Khurasan and Transoxiana in the 8th century
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"On this skirmish at Kharistan ...... personal prestige of [Suluk]."
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H. A. R. Gibb.
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La battaglia di Kharīstān (in ...... rchi Turgesh del Kaghan Su Lu.
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The Battle of Kharistan was fo ...... se of Arab rule over Khurasan.
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