Medieval era · 724 CE
Day of Thirst
The "Day of Thirst" (Arabic: ﻳﻮﻢ ﺍلعطش, romanized: Yawm al-aṭash) is the name traditionally given in Arabic historiography to a battle fought in 724 between the Turkic Türgesh Khaganate and the Umayyad Caliphate on the banks of the Syr Darya river, in Transoxiana (in modern Tajikistan, Central Asia).
- When
- 724 CE
- Where
- Khujand
- Era
- Medieval
Topics
Before and after
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