Battle of Jurjān (748)

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Battle of Jurjān (748)

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{{short description|Capture of Jurjān by the Abbasids}}
{{short description|Capture of Jurjān by the Abbasids}}
{{Infobox military conflict
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Jurjan (748)
| conflict = Battle of Jurjan (748)
| partof = [[Abbasid revolution]]
| partof = [[Abbasid revolution]]
| date = 748 CE
| date = 748 CE
| place = [[Jurjan]], Modern day [[Gorgan]], [[Iran]]
| place = [[Jurjan]], Modern day [[Gorgan]], [[Iran]]
| result = Abbasid victory
| result = [[Abbasid]] victory
| combatant1 = [[Abbasid Caliphate]]
| combatant1 = [[Abbasid Caliphate]]
| combatant2 = [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
| combatant2 = [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
| commander1 = [[Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i]]
| commander1 = [[Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i]]
| commander2 = [[Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra|Yazid ibn Umar]]
Nabata Al-Kilabi {{executed}}
Umayyad governor of Jurjan {{KIA}}
| commander2 = '''[[Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra]]'''
Nabata Al-Kilabi {{executed}}
Umayyad Governor for Jurjan {{KIA}}
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength2 = Unknown
| strength2 = Unknown
| casualties1 = Unknown
| casualties1 = Unknown
| casualties2 = Unknown
| casualties2 = Unknown
}}
}}


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== Background ==
== Background ==
By 748, the [[Abbasid revolution]]
By 748, the [[Abbasid revolution]] had spread westward. The strategically important city [[Jurjan]] was vital for routes for [[Khorasan]] and the [[Caspian Sea]], and so Abbasid forces under Qahtaba ibn al-Tai advanced towards the city, which was held by [[Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra]]. The Umayyad commander would retreat from the city due to weakened Umayyad defenses, the execution of his general Nibata Al-Kilabi stationed there and low local support.
Had spread westward, as the strategically important city [[Jurjan]] which would be vital for routes for [[Khorasan]] and the [[Caspian Sea]], as Abbasid forces under Qahtaba ibn al-Tai advanced towards the city held by [[Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra]], as The Umayyad commander would Retreat the city due to weakened Umayyad defenses and the execution of his General Nibata Al-Kilabi stationed there and low local support.


== The Battle ==
== The Battle ==
[[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] forces led by Qahtaba ibn al-Tai engaged [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] forces led by [[Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra]] which attempted to delay the Abbasid advance but were overwhelmed. The Abbasid forces broke through the Umayyad line, making a swift capture of the strategic city and compelling the retreat of Yazid's forces since the Umayyad governor of [[Jurjan]] had been killed in the battle while the Umayyad general Nabata al-Kilabi was captured and executed afterwards.{{Cite journal |last=Blankinship |first=Khalid Yahya |date=1988 |title=The Tribal Factor in the ʿAbbāsid Revolution: The Betrayal of the Imam Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/603147 |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |volume=108 |issue=4 |pages=589–603 |doi=10.2307/603147 |issn=0003-0279|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Bosworth |first=C. Edmund |date=1994 |title=Abū Ḥafṣ ՙUmar al-Kirmānī and the rise of the Barmakids |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/abs/abu-af-umar-al-kirmn-and-the-rise-of-the-barmakids/F92BE250314C0230977C93274F681B39 |journal=Bulletin of SOAS |language=en |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=268–282 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X0002485X |issn=1474-0699|url-access=subscription }}
[[Abbasid]] forces led by Qahtaba ibn al-Tai would engage [[Umayyad]] forces led by [[Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra]] as the Umayyad Force would attempt to delay the Abbasid advance but were Overwhelmed, as the Abbasid Forces would break through the Umayyad line, making a swift capture of the strategic city and the Retreat of Yazids forces as the Umayyad Governor of [[Jurjan]] had been Killed in the battle and the umayyad general Nabata Al-Kilabi had been captured and executed after the battle.{{Cite journal |last=Blankinship |first=Khalid Yahya |date=1988 |title=The Tribal Factor in the ʿAbbāsid Revolution: The Betrayal of the Imam Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/603147 |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |volume=108 |issue=4 |pages=589–603 |doi=10.2307/603147 |issn=0003-0279|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Bosworth |first=C. Edmund |date=1994 |title=Abū Ḥafṣ ՙUmar al-Kirmānī and the rise of the Barmakids |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/abs/abu-af-umar-al-kirmn-and-the-rise-of-the-barmakids/F92BE250314C0230977C93274F681B39 |journal=Bulletin of SOAS |language=en |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=268–282 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X0002485X |issn=1474-0699|url-access=subscription }}


== Aftermath ==
== Aftermath ==
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