Medieval era · 730 CE
Battle of Marj Ardabil
The Battle of Marj Ardabil was a military engagement between the Umayyads and the Khazars in AD 730. A Khazar army led by Barjik, the Khazar Khagan, inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the Umayyads, killing the majority of the army and its leader, al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah. Afterwards, the Khazars sacked Azerbaijan freely at will.
Archive photo
- When
- 730 CE
- Where
- Ardabil
- Era
- Medieval
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Marj Ardabil, CC BY-SA 4.0