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Battle of Gol-Zarriun

Name: Battle of Gol-Zarriun
Location: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Battle of Gol-Zarriun was a battle fought in AD 560 at Bukhara, in what is now Uzbekistan. It was part of the Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars, which ran from AD 500 to AD 700. The recorded result: Perso-Turkic victory; The Hephthalite Empire dissolved into minor kingdoms.

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FoughtAD 560

WhereBukhara, Uzbekistan39.767N, 64.433E

OutcomePerso-Turkic victory; The Hephthalite Empire dissolved into minor kingdoms

BelligerentsSasanian Empire; First Turkic KhaganateagainstHephthalite Empire

Part ofHephthalite–Sasanian WarsAD 500 to AD 700

Record

Date	AD 560 (year precision)
Place	Bukhara, Uzbekistan 39.767N, 64.433E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Territorial change	Territory north of the Oxus river ceded to the Göktürks and territory south of the Oxus ceded to the Sasanian Empire
Commanders	Khosrow I Istämi

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Bukhara (1220) 1220, 2.3 km NW
Battle of Baykand AD 729, 33 km W
Siege of Kamarja AD 729, 167 km E
Battle of Qatwan 1141, 211 km E
Siege of Samarkand 1220, 216 km E

In the same war

Before: Hephthalite–Sasanian War of 484 AD 484

Battle of Gol-Zarriun is one of 120 engagements of the 6th century in the atlas and one of 40 in present-day Uzbekistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q13600791, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Gol-Zarriun, revision 1382864788, 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.