What the records say
- When
- 30 Dec 940
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 35.60° N, 51.43° E
- Description
- 940 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Iskhabad
940 battle
The Battle of Iskhabad, was a major engagement fought in 940 at Iskhabad, near Ray, between the Samanids, led by Abu 'Ali Chaghani, and the combined forces of the Ziyarids and Firuzanids under the Emir Vushmgir and Makan ibn Kaki. During the first phase of the battle, Vushmgir fled from the battlefield, leaving Makan behind.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Исхабаде между Саманидами во главе с Абу Али Чагани и объединёнными силами Зияридов и Фирузанидов[англ.] под командованием эмира Вушмагира и Макана…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page