Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah was the
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
general of the early
CaliphateThe term caliphate refers to the first form of government inspired by Islam. It was initially led by Muhammad's disciples as a continuation of the political authority the prophet established, known as the 'rashidun caliphates'. It represented the political unity of the Muslim Ummah, and was the...
. He may have been the brother of
Salman ibn RabiahSalman ibn Rabiah al-Bahili was military governor of Armenia 633-644 CE, under Caliph Umar I. He may have been the brother of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah, who led the attempted conquest of the northern Caucasus Mountains and Khazaria....
, the military governor of
ArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
under
CaliphThe Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transliterated version of the Arabic word which means "successor" or "representative"...
Umar I. He was charged with the task of conquering the
KhazarsThe Khazars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who dominated the Pontic steppe and the North Caucasus from the 7th to the 10th century CE. The name 'Khazar' seems to be tied to a Turkic verb form meaning "wandering"....
and invaded the northern
CaucasusThe Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region between at the border of Europe and Asia. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, including Europe's highest mountain ....
for this purpose in the late 640s CE. In 652, outside
BalanjarBalanjar was a medieval city located in the North Caucasus region, between the cities of Derbent and Samandar, probably on the lower Sulak River. It flourished from the seventh to the tenth centuries CE...
, Abd ar-Rahman and his army met a Khazar force and were annihilated. According to
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
historians such as al-Tabari, both sides in the battle used catapaults against the other.
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Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah was the
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
general of the early
CaliphateThe term caliphate refers to the first form of government inspired by Islam. It was initially led by Muhammad's disciples as a continuation of the political authority the prophet established, known as the 'rashidun caliphates'. It represented the political unity of the Muslim Ummah, and was the...
. He may have been the brother of
Salman ibn RabiahSalman ibn Rabiah al-Bahili was military governor of Armenia 633-644 CE, under Caliph Umar I. He may have been the brother of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah, who led the attempted conquest of the northern Caucasus Mountains and Khazaria....
, the military governor of
ArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
under
CaliphThe Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transliterated version of the Arabic word which means "successor" or "representative"...
Umar I. He was charged with the task of conquering the
KhazarsThe Khazars were a semi-nomadic Turkic people who dominated the Pontic steppe and the North Caucasus from the 7th to the 10th century CE. The name 'Khazar' seems to be tied to a Turkic verb form meaning "wandering"....
and invaded the northern
CaucasusThe Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region between at the border of Europe and Asia. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, including Europe's highest mountain ....
for this purpose in the late 640s CE. In 652, outside
BalanjarBalanjar was a medieval city located in the North Caucasus region, between the cities of Derbent and Samandar, probably on the lower Sulak River. It flourished from the seventh to the tenth centuries CE...
, Abd ar-Rahman and his army met a Khazar force and were annihilated. According to
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
historians such as al-Tabari, both sides in the battle used catapaults against the other.