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Editor says, what if the Khazars had lost the battle of Ardabil? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the December 2011 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 730 CE, on this day an outnumbered force of the Umayyad Caliphate managed to defeat an invading army of Khazars in an epic battle fought on the plains surrounding the city of Ardabil in northwestern Iran.
Battle of ArdabilIn retaliation for Caliphate attacks on Khazaria during the course of the decades-long Khazar-Arab War of the early 700s, a Khazar army led by Barjik, the son of the Khazar khagan had invaded the Umayyad provinces of Jibal and Adharybaydjian.
This expedition into northern Iran may have been an attempt to establish Khazar rule south of the Caucasus Mountains. However the long-term consequences of defeat was a Khazar conversion to Islam and deeper Arab excursions into the Caucasus.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Generals Source: Wikipedia Labels: Battle of Ardabil, Battle of Marj Ardabil, Khazar, Umayyad, Islam. Editor says, in this post we explore an article on the History Knowledge Board (which concludes "Not only did this [Battle] stop the Arab advance in this region, thus saving the area for eventual conversion to Eastern Orthodoxism, but this very likely began the hundred thirty year process of Khazar conversion to Judaism") and repurpose content from Wikipedia.
~ They could've gone as far north as Russia. What if the Vikings had joined Islam rather than Christianity?
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