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Balanjar (Baranjar, Belenjer, Belendzher, Bülünjar) was a
medieval city
located in the
North Caucasus region,
between the
cities of
Derbent and Samandar...
- The
Battle of
Balanjar took
place during the
First Khazar-Arab War
between the
armies of the
Khazar Khaganate and the Caliphate,
whose commanding general...
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Battle of
Balanjar may
refer to
several battles in or near
Balanjar:
Battle of
Balanjar (650s CE), the
culminating battle of the
First Khazar-Arab War...
- The
Battle of
Balanjar took
place during the Khazar–Arab Wars. In 722 or 723,
according to
Muhammad ibn
Jarir al-Tabari,
Umayyad soldiers under al-Jarrah...
- The
Battle of
Balanjar was
fought around 732 near the
Khazar city of
Balanjar. The
Umayyad army,
commanded by the
prince Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik, was...
- Arab
force led by Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabi'a
outside the
Khazar town of
Balanjar in 652. Large-scale
hostilities then
ceased for
several decades, apart...
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Samandar became the
second capital of the
Khazar Khaganate in the 720s,
after Balanjar was
abandoned as a
result of the
Umayyad invasion. For the same reason...
- he led
raids north of Derbent, into the
vicinity of the
Khazar town of
Balanjar and
against various tribes of the
North Caucasus, of
which few details...
- ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah. In 652 Arab
forces advanced on the
Khazar capital,
Balanjar, but were defeated,
suffering heavy losses;
according to
Persian historians...
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pushed into the
Caucasus homeland of the
Khazars and took
their capital of
Balanjar on 22 August. The main body of the
highly mobile Khazars avoided the Muslims'...
