The Battle of Oxus River was a significant battle in the 7th century, fought between the combined armies of the Sassanid and Göktürk Empires against the...
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Amu Darya (redirect from Oxus River)
and to the river of Gozan (that is to say, the Amu, (called the Oxus by Europeans )) ..." "the Gozan River is the River Balkh, i.e. the Oxus or the Amu...
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The Battle of the Oxus (Vankshu) happened in 399 CE when Chandragupta II defeated the Hunas at the banks of the Oxus river. After the (Persian) Sasanians...
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Al-Ahnaf (category People of the Muslim conquest of Persia)
With an army that was only a fraction of the enemy's, he managed to defeat the Persians in Battle of Oxus river, killing their leader, while the Turks...
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invasion of Khurasan. After a Decisive Battle of Oxus river, Yazdegerd III fled to central Asia and Persian Empire ceased to exist. Umar's conquest of Sassanid...
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back to Farghana. The remainder of Yazdegerd's army was defeated at the Battle of Oxus River and retreated across the Oxus to Transoxiana. Yazdegerd himself...
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The Battle of Andkhud, also spelt as Battle of Andkhui, alternatively known as the Catastrophe of Andkhud was fought in 1204 on the bank of river Oxus near...
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Umar (redirect from Umar Son of Al-Khittab)
isolating the stronghold of Persia, the Khurasan. The final expedition was launched against Khurasan, where, after the Battle of Oxus River, the Persian empire...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...
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Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (redirect from Oxus civilization)
Though it may be called the "Oxus civilization", apparently centred on the upper Amu Darya (Oxus River) in Bactria, most of the BMAC's urban sites are actually...
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Margiana (category Former monarchies of Iran)
approaching Merv, Ahnaf rallied his forces and defeated Yazdegerd at the Battle of Oxus River. After his defeat, the Sasanian king attempted to hide in a mill...
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Achaemenid Persian period which were found by the Oxus river about 1877–1880. The exact place and date of the find remain unclear, but is often proposed...
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20th List of years in Iran List of Islamic years Cities in Iran: Timeline of Bandar Abbas Timeline of Hamadan Timeline of Isfahan Timeline of Kerman Timeline...
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This is the list of battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate ranked chronologically from 632, with the first caliph Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, to the last caliph...
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retreated in haste before the Türgesh arrived, managing to cross the Oxus River just in time, while their rearguard engaged the pursuing Türgesh. The...
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beyond the Oxus river. Marching west to Bactra (Zariaspa), Alexander appoints Artabazus of Phrygia as the satrap of Bactria. Crossing the Oxus, Alexander...
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Hephthalites, taking advantage of their disorganization and disunity. As a result, the Turks took the territory north of the Oxus River, while the Sasanians annexed...
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Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (redirect from King of Bactria)
Bactra (also called Zariaspa, through which flows a river bearing the same name and emptying into the Oxus), and Darapsa, and several others. Among these was...
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(1828–1829) Battle of Konya – 1832 – Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833) Battle of Nezib – 1839 – Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) Battle of Oxus River – 651 –...
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under the governor of Khurasan Ashras ibn Abdallah al-Sulami, campaigned across the Oxus River to suppress a large-scale rebellion of the subject Soghdian...
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Syr Darya (redirect from Jaxartes river)
rivers in the endorheic basin of the Aral Sea, the other being the Amu Darya (Jayhun, also known by its classical name the Oxus). In the Soviet era, extensive...
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Panjdeh incident (redirect from Battle of Kushka)
northern frontier of Afghanistan began from the Persian border at Serakhs, running about 270 mi (430 km) east-north-east to meet the Oxus at Khoja Sale,...
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borders of the Caliphate reached the Oxus (now called the Amu Darya). The lands beyond the Oxus—Transoxiana, known simply as "the land beyond the river" (mā...
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corner of the Aral Sea. Between them is the less-famous Zarafshan River which dries up before reaching the Oxus. It waters the great cities of Bokhara...
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captured the Turkic treasury and the golden throne of the Khagan. He then proceeded to cross the Oxus river and won a decisive victory over the Eastern Turks...
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Uzboy (redirect from Uzboy River)
branches of the Oxus split off from the Oxus delta and flowed west into the fresh-water Sarykamysh Lake. This was drained south by the Uzboy River about...
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or west branch of the Oxus dried up causing the capital to be moved south to Khiva from Konye-Urgench. Although based in the Oxus delta, the Khanate usually...
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so-called "Battle of the Baggage". The campaign had been a disaster for Asad and his now mainly Syrian army; Umayyad control north of the Oxus had collapsed...
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Massagetae (section Death of Cyrus)
Ustyurt Plateau, especially the area between the Oxus and Iaxartes rivers and around Chorasmia. The territory of the Massagetae thus included the area corresponding...
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crossed the Oxus river and occupied most of Khorasan. In 1038 the Seljuks decisively defeated the Ghazanvids who were led by Mesud, son of Mahmud, at Nishapur...
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