What the records say
- When
- 4 Oct 737
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.11° N, 59.68° E
- Description
- battle between the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Turkic Turgesh tribes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of the Baggage
737 Umayyad defeat in Transoxiana
The Battle of the Baggage, was fought between the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Turkic Türgesh tribes on 30 September 737. The Umayyads under the governor of Khurasan, Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri, had invaded the Principality of Khuttal in Transoxiana, and the local ruler called upon the Türgesh for aid.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Baggage: The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, pursue them south of the River Oxus (northern Afghanistan)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد بار: تورگش حمله بنیامیه به ختل را عقب راند، آنها را در جنوب رودخانه جیحون (شمال افغانستان) تعقیب کرد و بار آنها را به غنیمت گرفت”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page