Battle of Gol-Zarriun | |||||||||
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Part of Hephthalite–Persian Wars | |||||||||
Turkic horsemen on the Miho funerary couch, c.570 CE.[1] | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Sasanian Empire First Turkic Khaganate | Hephthalite Empire | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Khosrow I Istämi | Ghadfar | ||||||||
The Battle of Gol-Zarriun,[3] also known as Battle of Bukhara, took place in c. 560 when the Sasanian Empire allied with the First Turkic Khaganate against the Hephthalite Empire.