MAIASP. 2023. No. 15 M.S. Gadjiev
( Archaeological
evidence for the localization of the Bilistan fortress DOI: 10.53737/1698.2023.18.58.015 Access this article (PDF File) Pages: 509—528 |
The article deals with the localization of the Bilistan fortress, which, according to the authoritative
Arab historian Ibn A’tham
al-Kufi (d. 926), was besieged by Arab troops led
by the governor of Arminiyya Marwan
ibn Muhammad in 120 AH / 738 CE during the conquest
campaigns in the East Caucasus and in which the king of Lakz
Arbis ibn Basbas took refuge. According to al-Kufi’s
Kitāb al-futūḥ
(The Book of Conquests), this
fortified settlement was located in the |
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Received April 9, 2023. Accepted for publication April
30, 2023. |
About the authors: Gadjiev Murtazali Serazhutdinovich ( E-mail: murgadj@rambler.ru
Saypudinov Murad Shakhbanovich ( E-mail: haosta@mail.ru Saidov Vadim Atemovich ( E-mail: vsaidov1973@mail.ru Magomedov Yusup Abdusalamovich ( E-mail: yusup_103@mail.ru |