Campaign of the mud

Campaign of the Mud
Part of Arab–Khazar wars

The Darial Gorge
Date110 AH (728/729CE), or 114 AH (732/733CE) (see Dating)
Location
Dagestan, Lazica, neighboring regions
Result Arab victory or inconclusive
Belligerents
Umayyad Caliphate Khazar Khaganate
Commanders and leaders
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik or
Marwan ibn Muhammad		 Khagan of Khazaria
Strength
Unknown (traditionally 40,000) Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Campaign of the Mud (Arabic: غزوة الطين, Ghazwat al-Tin) was a military expedition during the Arab–Khazar wars in the 8th century. Umayyad forces invaded Khazaria and engaged an army commanded personally by the Khagan. Medieval chroniclers gave the campaign its name because the battles were fought under torrential rains that turned the ground into impassable mud.

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