751 battle between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang dynasty
Documented facts
- Date
- May 751 (Julian) — September 751 (Julian)
- Precision
- Month
- Referenced location
- Talas River
- Source coordinates
- 42.5250°, 72.2333°
- Part of
- Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
Referenced participants
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- As-Saffah — documented command · Source ↗
- Abu Muslim al Khorasani — documented command · Source ↗
- Ziyad ibn Salih al-Khuza'i — documented command · Source ↗
- Gao Xianzhi — documented command · Source ↗
- Li Siye — documented command · Source ↗
- Duan Xiushi — documented command · Source ↗
- Gao Xianzhi — documented participation · Source ↗
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