Bahram Chobin defeats the Turks and Hephthalites…
589 CE
Bahram Chobin defeats the Turks and Hephthalites again in 589, capturing Balkh.
He proceeds to cross the Oxus River and manages to repulse the Turkic Invasion and take over Hephthalite territory that had been occupied by the Turks.
It is reported that an arrow shot by Bahram killed the Eastern Turkic Khagan, Bagha Qaghan, known as Ch'u-lo-hou by the Chinese.