Battle of Badghis
Battle of Badghis | |||||||
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Part of Muslim conquest of Persia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Rashidun Caliphate | House of Karen Hephthalites[1] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abdallah ibn Amir | Karin † Nezak Tarkhan | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 40,000 [2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy | Heavy |
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of Persia
- Chains
- River
- Walaja
- Ullais
- Hira
- Al-Anbar
- Ayn al-Tamr
- Husayd
- Muzayyah
- Saniyy
- Zumail
- Firaz
- 1st Babylon
- Namaraq
- Kaskar
- Bridge
- Buwaib
- al-Qādisiyyah
- Burs
- 2nd Babylon
- Ctesiphon
- Jalula
- Shushtar
- Gundishapur
- Bayrudh
Central Persia
Caucasus
- Azerbaijan
- Armenia
- Albania
- Iberia
- Derbent
- Bishapur
- Estakhr
- Oxus River
- Nishapur
- Herat
- Badghis
Other geographies
The Battle of Badghis was fought in 654[3] between the Karen family and their Hephthalite allies against the Rashidun Caliphate.
History
In 651, the Arabs had invaded Khorasan, and by 652, they had conquered most of the region. However, in 654, the Karenids under Karin, along with the Hephthalites under Nezak Tarkan, made an insurrection against the Arabs. The rebellion spread in Herat, Badghis and Quhistan, and later they even managed to repel the Arabs from Nishapur and Balkh.[1] During the same period the people of Zaranj rebelled, however, the Arabs under Abd Allah ibn Amir managed to defeat them and kill Karin.[4]
References
Sources
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
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