Khazar-Arab Wars (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Khazar Arab Wars were a series of campaigns, usually grouped into the First ( .650) and Second (c.708-737) Khazar-Arab Wars, fought between the armies of the Khazar Khaganate and the Umayyad Caliphate (as well as its Abbasid successors) and their respective vassals. During the 7th and 8th centuries the Khazar fought a series of wars against the Umayyad Caliphate, which was attempting simultaneously to expand its influence into Transoxiana and the Caucasus. The first war was fought in the early 650 and ended with the defeat of an Arab force led by Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah outside the Khazar town of Balanjar, after a battle in which both sides used siege engines on the others' troops.