Hazer Tarkhan was a general (

tarkhan Tarkhan (, or ; ; zh, c=達干/達爾罕/答剌罕; ; ; alternative spellings ''Tarkan'', ''Tarkhaan'', ''Tarqan'', ''Tarchan'', ''Turxan'', ''Tarcan'', ''Turgan, Tárkány, Tarján, Tarxan'') is an ancient Central Asian title used by various ...

is both a military rank and, in some cases, a personal name) who led a

Khazar The Khazars ; 突厥可薩 ''Tūjué Kěsà'', () were a nomadic Turkic people who, in the late 6th century CE, established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, an ...

army of 40,000 men to confront

Marwan II Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan (; – 6 August 750), commonly known as Marwan II, was the fourteenth and last caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 744 until his death. His reign was dominated by a Third Fitna, civil war, and he was the l ...

during Arab-Khazar Wars in 737 CE. After Barjik's death, the Khazar defense instantly collapsed. Alp Tarkhan managed to defeat Maslama, but he was replaced by future caliph Marwan II who defeated Alp Tarkhan who was slained in the battle.

Khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Middle Mongol:; or ''Khagan''; ) or zh, c=大汗, p=Dàhán; ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan, Khaqan, Xagahn, Qaghan, Chagan, Қан, or Kha'an is a title of empire, im ...

, probably

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or Baghatur, left an army in the capital and retreated north. Marwan, despite great difficulties, bypassed the capital and marched directly into lands of Bolghars, vassals of Khazars, trying to find the Khagan. On his way he encountered a Burtasid army and defeated them. Throughout the whole time, he was being chased by Hazer Tarkhan. At one point, Hazer Tarkhan separated himself from the main army with a group of soldiers to do hunting near a river. He was ambushed and killed by Kawthar, the lieutenant of Marwan ibn Muhammad (later

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). Following his death Marwan demanded a peace from Khazars.

References

* Peter B. Golden. ''Khazar Studies: An Historico-Philological Inquiry into the Origins of the Khazars''. Vol. 1. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1980. Year of birth missing Khazar generals 737 deaths People of the Arab–Khazar wars Military personnel killed in action {{Asia-mil-bio-stub