Rus’ vs Qarmatians: a New Look at the Events of the Bardha’a in the 40s of the 10th Century
Journal: The Oriental Studies
Year: 2022

The article is dedicated to the Rus’ military campaign against Bardha’a, a major political center in Azerbaijan in the era of the Abbasid Caliphate. This was the military action of the Rus’ in the Caspian region, which found the most complete consecration in the written sources of the East. In the context of political events, the arrival of Rus’ in Azerbaijan should be attributed to August 944, and the departure from there at the turn of summer–autumn&nbsp;945. The likely participants of the cam