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Balanjar

بلنجر

A Khazar city beyond Derbent — where Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabi'a fell in AH 32 and where his body was kept in a coffin for rain-prayers 1.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Balanjar: a city in the land of the Khazars, behind the Gate of Gates. Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabi'a raided it in the year 32 AH and was killed before it, and its people took his body and placed it in a coffin, by which they asked for rain. 2.

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The Defeat at Balanjar (32 AH)· the Turks' victory at Balanjar — the killing of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabi'a (32 AH)

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabia· Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri· Salman ibn Rabi'a al-Bahili· The Defeat at Balanjar (32 AH)· the Turks' victory at Balanjar — the killing of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabi'a (32 AH)

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , v.2 p. 503
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 503 v.2
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islam.museum contributors. “Balanjar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/balanjar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Rabia

Commander of Derbent under Uthman: warned in writing not to plunge the army into the Caucasus, he marched on Balanjar in AH 32, fell against the Turk-Khazar host, and his body was kept by Balanjar's people in a coffin used in rain-prayers — his sword was named Dhu'l-Nur.