battle, medieval

Battle of Bolchu

Name: Battle of Bolchu
Location: China

Battle of Bolchu was a battle fought in AD 711 in what is now China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Second Turkic Khaganate victory. Recorded strength: 20,000 against 100,000; 20,000+ Tang soldiers..

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FoughtAD 711

WhereChina46.984N, 87.437E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSecond Turkic Khaganate victory

BelligerentsSecond Turkic KhaganateagainstTürgesh; Toquz Oghuz; Tang dynasty

Record

Date	AD 711 (year precision)
Place	China 46.984N, 87.437E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	20,000	100,000; 20,000+ Tang soldiers.
Commanders	Tonyukuk Kul Tigin Bilge Qaghan	Saqal (Turgesh Khagan)

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Chakirmaut 1204, 253 km NE
Battle of Barnaul 1918, 756 km N
Battle of Irmen 1598, 920 km N
Battle of Talas AD 751, 1296 km W
Battle of the Irtysh 1585, 1323 km NW

Elsewhere in AD 711

Battle of Bolchu is one of 144 engagements of the 8th century in the atlas and one of 339 in present-day People's Republic of China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q17005397, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Bolchu, revision 1370434724, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.