Marwan's campaign against the Khazars
An Arab army pushes through Derbent to the Volga
In 737 the Arab general Marwan ibn Muhammad led a huge army through Derbent deep into Khazaria and reached the Volga. The khagan sued for peace and, according to Arab sources, promised to convert to Islam, but the Arabs withdrew and the Caucasus became a stable frontier between the caliphate and Khazaria.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 717–718 Second Arab siege of Constantinople — 20 years earlier
- 732 Battle of Tours — 5 years earlier
Middle East
- 750 Abbasid Revolution — 13 years later
- 762 Founding of Baghdad — 25 years later
Asia
- 732 The Orkhon inscriptions — 5 years earlier
- 755 The An Lushan Rebellion — 18 years later
- c. 760 Kailasa Temple at Ellora — 23 years later
Alive at the time
- Li Bai (aged 36)
- Emperor Kanmu (aged 0)
- Lady Six Sky (aged 55)