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Ardabil

أردبيل

Ardabil, among Adharbayjan's holdings in al-Baladhuri; to it the Khazars withdrew after the Warthan-desert clash, and al-Jarrah fought them four farsakhs from Armenia's edge for three days until he was martyred with those with him — its river being named Nahr al-Jarrah and a bridge ascribed to him; and Musafir al-Qassab came to it in disguise, whence a body of Sharat went out with him.

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The Umayyad Period
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Death of al-Jarrah at Ardabil· The Rising of Musafir al-Qassab in Armenia

People and things also explored

The Khazars· al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami· Abu Ja'far al-Mansur· Ishaq ibn Muslim al-Uqayli· Musafir al-Qassab· Thabit ibn Nu'aym al-Judhami· Armenia· The Death of al-Jarrah at Ardabil

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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The Khazars

The Khazars in al-Baladhuri are the people beyond the Caucasus whose great king bears the title Khaqan; Salman ibn Rabi'a warred on them until slain at Balanjar, and they surged across the Rass in al-Jarrah's day until he met and fell fighting them near Ardabil; when their great king learned the numbers Marwan ibn Muhammad trod into his lands it filled him with dread, and he sent summoning him to Islam or war — Marwan answering 'I accept Islam', whereupon the Khaqan showed forth Islam, Marwan compounding with him confirming his kingdom, and settled a body of them between al-Samur and al-Shabiran in the Lakz plain; and Yazid ibn Asid married into their king's house at al-Mansur's command, the Khaqan's daughter bearing him a son who died while she died in her lying-in.