What the records say
- When
- 712
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.65° N, 66.98° E
- Description
- 712 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Siege of Samarkand (712)
Umayyad victory in Transoxiana
The Siege of Samarkand was a military engagement between the Umayyads and the Sogdian ruler of Samarkand. The battle ended in Umayyad victory and the conquest of Samarkand.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Поход Кутейбы ибн Муслима на Самарканд и взятие города после осады”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page