Regional1008

Battle of Balkh

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
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Afghanistan

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Balkh (1008), part of the Eastern Dynastic Muslim Wars. Karakhan Dynasty defeated Afghanistan.

Belligerents2

Karakhan Dynasty
Ghaznavid Empire

ON THE MAPGhaznavid Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFEastern Islamic dynastic wars (990–1120)

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Balkh (1008). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-balkh · Sources & methodology