712

This page relates to the year 712 Calendrier Julien.

Events

Europe

• Mars: the duke of Asti Ansprand overcomes the king of the Lombards Aripert II and replaces it.
• June 12th: Beginning of the reign of Liutprand, king of the Lombards (fine in 744).

• Fine of the war of the Frank and the Alamans.

• the governor of the the Maghreb, Musa Ben Nusayr arrives in reinforcement in Spain and takes Seville and Mérida.
• Peeling, wire of a dignitary of the king Egica, is made prisoner with Cordoue by the Arab (712 - 718).

• the Bulgares are in front of Constantinople.

The Middle East

• the basileus Philippikos Bardanès transfers from the Armenians to Mélitène (current Malatya, in Turkey).

Asia

• the Turks You or-kiue occupy the Sogdiane, except Samarkand (712 - 713).
• Taken Samarkand by the Arab . Occupation of the Khârezm.

• the Arab of Qutayba Ben Muslim reach Tachkent and the Ferghâna (712 - 714) whose king flees with Kachgar and beseeches the assistance of the Chinese.

• the Arabs invade the Sind (711). A strong army, directed by Muhammad Ben Al-Qasim, walk until Debal, close to current the Karachi where it makes its junction with a fleet. The victory is acquired thanks to a catapult. King Brahmane of Sind, Rajah Dâhir, is overcome and killed with the battle of Raor in June.
• Rajah Dâhir is the son of a usurper, the Chach Brahman, who had put an end to the Buddhist domination in Sind.

• September 8th: Beginning of the reign of Xuanzong (Hiuan Tsong), emperor of China (fine in 756). The emperor Ruizong (Jouei-tsong) abdicates in favor of his son Li Length-ki who takes the name of Xuanzong.
• Xuanzong eliminates the Wei, reorganizes finances and the census. The China knows its golden age during its reign: it makes repair the channels, build enormous silos, and organizes the borders militarily. The trade and the literature thrive.

• Drafting of the Kojiki ( Accounts of the old things ), the oldest known book reporting the mythical history of the Japan.

Births in 712

August 1st

Death in 712

• Ali Zayn, small son of `Ali.

• June 12th: Ansprand.

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