First Perso-Turkic War
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| Sassanid Persians | Hephthalite principalities Western Turkic Khaganate |
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| Bahram Chobin | Bagha/Yabghu Qaghan † (Ch'u-lo-hou) |
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| 42,000 men12(modern estimates) 12,000 3(ancient estimates) |
300,000 men456(likely exaggeration) | ||||||||
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| 6,000citation needed | 280000citation needed | ||||||||
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The First Perso-Turkic Warcitation needed was fought during 588-5897 between the Sassanid Persians and Hephthalite principalities and its lord the Western Turkic Khaganate. The conflict started with the invasion of the Persian Empire by the Turks and ended with a decisive Sassanid victory and the conquest of the Eastern Turks.
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Context
In 558, Khosrau I, Shah of Sassanid Persia, allied with the Western Turkic Khaganate to defeat the Hephthalites. The campaign was successful and the region north of the Oxus went to the Turks and the south came under Sassanid rule. However, in the 580's, the Turks once again commenced with their raids on the Silk Road and in 588, the Hephthalites, who were now part of the Western Turkic Khaganate, invaded the empire once more.
Bahram Chobin was chosen to lead an army against them. According to Shahbazi, Bahram's army consisted of 12,000 hand picked Savaran, Persia's elite soldiers. His army ambushed a large army of Turks and Hephthalites in April 588, at the battle of Hyrcanian rock,8 and again in 589, capturing Balkh and Herat respectively. He then proceeded to cross the Oxus river and managed to repulse the Turkic Invasion.
It is reputed that an arrow shot by Bahram killed the Eastern Turkic Khagan, Bagha/Yabghu Qaghan,9 known as Ch'u-lo-hou by the Chinese .
Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (C.E. 1010) describes in legendary detail the dealings of Bahram Chubin and the Turkic "King Sawa" before and during the battle in which Bahram with his 12,000 kills Sawa 10
See also
References
- ^ Kaveh Farrokh (Author), Angus McBride (Illustrator), Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642, ISBN 978-1-84176-713-0, Osprey Publishing (July 13, 2005), p.53
- ^ Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, translation of History of the Prophets and Kings by Bal'ami, section "The Sasanids"
- ^ Shahbazi, A. Sh. "BAHRĀM (2) , (Section vii. Bahrām VI Čōbīn)". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
- ^ Natell Khanlari , Safa, Parviz , Zabih Allah (1977 , 9th edition). Barram Chobin ( A section of Bal'ami's translation of Tabari's History of the Prophets and Kings. Tehran: Amir-Kabir. p. 10.
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- ^ Buddha Prakash, Studies in Indian History and Civilization, Shiva Lal Agarwala, 1962, p. 318.
- ^ Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O, (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007), 463.
- ^ Aspects of the relationship between the ancient Turks and Sogdians Takashi Ôsawa
- ^ Volume VIII of the online Shah Nama at [3], under "The Reign of Hurmuzd, Son of Nushirwan."
Sources
- Kaveh Farroukh, Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642
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