Battle of Marj Ardabil

Battle of Marj Ardabil
Part of the Second Arab–Khazar War
Date7–9 December 730
Location
Ardabil
Result Khazar victory
Belligerents
Khazar Khaganate Umayyad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Barjik al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah †
Strength
30,000–300,000 25,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown 20,000–24,300 killed

The Battle of Marj Ardabil was a military engagement between the Umayyads and the Khazars in AD 730. A Khazar army led by Barjik, the Khazar Khagan, inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the Umayyads, killing the majority of the army and its leader, al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah. Afterwards, the Khazars sacked Azerbaijan freely at will.

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