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)
called the Amu, the Amo, and historically the Oxus /ˈɒksəs/ (Latin: Ōxus; Greek: Ὦξος, Ôxos), is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Margiana (category Empires and kingdoms 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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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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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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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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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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gold-bearing sands in the upper reaches of the river. To the ancient Greeks it was known as the Polytimetussee battle of polytamet Macedonian gambit . It was...
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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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cavalry after crossing the Oxus River, and that he was attacked by the Türgesh khagan Suluk while riding to link up with the army of his predecessor, Ashras...
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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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Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (redirect from King of Bactria)
towards the east between the Oxus River, which forms the boundary between the Bactrians and the Sogdians, and the Iaxartes River. And the Iaxartes forms also...
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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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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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Spitamenes (redirect from Battle of Gabai)
Edition. ABC-CLIO. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-61069-778-1. After passing over the Oxus River, Alexander sent his general Ptolemy to track down Bessus, who at this...
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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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Bactria (category Historical regions of Afghanistan)
based in the area south of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) and north of the mountains of the Hindu Kush, an area within the north of modern Afghanistan....
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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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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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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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