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Battle of Talas

معركة نهر طلاس

751 CE · 133 AH† – 751 CE · 133 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Draft card for the Battle of the Talas River in 133/751, the clash in which the Abbasids and their Turkic allies prevailed over the Tang Chinese army at the edge of Central Asia; its sources are not yet checked on the page.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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740750760
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Umayyad Period

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Sources

  • Tarikh al-Rusul wa-l-Muluk — al-Tabari
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