What the records say
- When
- 724
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.28° N, 69.63° E
- Description
- 724 battle between Caliphate and Türgesh tribal confederation
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Day of Thirst
Battle fought in 724 between Caliphate and Turgesh tribal confederation
The "Day of Thirst" is the name traditionally given in Arabic historiography to a battle fought in 724 between the Turkic Türgesh Khaganate and the Umayyad Caliphate on the banks of the Syr Darya river, in Transoxiana. The Umayyad army, under Muslim ibn Sa'id al-Kilabi, was campaigning in the Ferghana Valley when it learned of the Türgesh advance.
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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 “The Turgesh Khaganate scores a major victory over the Arabs, in the "Day of Thirst" near Khujand (modern Tajikistan)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “渴水日战争，突骑施在苦盏附近击败伍麦叶王朝军队。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page