Siege of Kamarja
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siege-of-kamarja-224-1523985
title:
Siege of Kamarja
text:
The siege of Kamarja was fought in 729 between the Arab Muslims of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Türgesh Khaganate, along with its Soghdian allies. The Umayyad conquest of Transoxiana had been undone in the 720s by the uprisings of the local Soghdian princes and the Türgesh invasions. By 729, the small fortress of Kamarja near Samarkand was one of the last remaining Arab strongholds in Transoxiana, when it was attacked by the Türgesh under the personal direction of their ruler, Suluk. The subseq
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description:
Battle fought in 729 CE
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kamarja
date created:
2013-11-18T14:16:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T08:07:23Z
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