What the records say
- When
- 853 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 35.74° N, 36.33° E
- Description
- battle of the Assyrian conquest of Aram in 853 BCE
Battle of Qarqar
Battle of the Assyrian conquest of Aram in 853 BC
The Battle of Qarqar was fought in 853 BC when the army of the Neo-Assyrian Empire led by Emperor Shalmaneser III encountered an allied army of eleven kings at Qarqar led by Hadadezer, called in Assyrian Adad-idir and possibly to be identified with King Benhadad II of Aram-Damascus; and Ahab, king of Israel.
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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 “Поход Салманасара III в Сирию”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة قرقور”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “カルカルの戦いでアッシリア軍とシリア諸国同盟軍が激突。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page