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Khakhit

خاخيط

Khakhit, a town of Armenia's district; Marwan ibn Muhammad settled there ten thousand households of Slavs he had carried off from the Khazar land — who then killed their amir and fled, and he overtook and slew them.

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The Umayyad Period
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Khakhit is a town in the districts of Armenia. Al-Baladhuri reports that Marwan ibn Muhammad settled in it ten thousand households of Slavs he had taken captive from the land of the Khazars. Then they killed their commander and fled, and he caught up with them and killed them. It is connected with the account of Marwan's campaign in the Caucasus. 1

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Marwan ibn Muhammad's Expedition through Khazar and Mountain Lands

People and things also explored

The Khazars· Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami· هشام بن عبد الملك· مروان بن محمد بن مروان· Sa'id ibn Amr ibn Aswad al-Harashi· Al-Sarir· Armenia· Bab al-Lan (Darial)

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.292
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The Khazars

The Khazars in al-Baladhuri are the people beyond the Caucasus whose great king bears the title Khaqan; Salman ibn Rabi'a warred on them until slain at Balanjar, and they surged across the Rass in al-Jarrah's day until he met and fell fighting them near Ardabil; when their great king learned the numbers Marwan ibn Muhammad trod into his lands it filled him with dread, and he sent summoning him to Islam or war — Marwan answering 'I accept Islam', whereupon the Khaqan showed forth Islam, Marwan compounding with him confirming his kingdom, and settled a body of them between al-Samur and al-Shabiran in the Lakz plain; and Yazid ibn Asid married into their king's house at al-Mansur's command, the Khaqan's daughter bearing him a son who died while she died in her lying-in.