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Battle of Mobei
Battle of Mobei was a battle fought in 119 BC at Orkhon Valley, in what is now Mongolia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Orkhon Valley. It was part of the Han–Xiongnu Wars, which ran from 139 BC to AD 89. The recorded result: Han victory.
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Where it sits in the Han–Xiongnu Wars
Record
| Date | 119 BC (year precision) to 119 BC | |
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| Place | Orkhon Valley, Mongolia 47.557N, 102.831E | |
| Kind | Battle, ancient | |
| Strength | 300,000; of cavalries and troops | 100,000 troops and 140,000 horses (divided between the eastern theater generals and the western theater generals) |
| Casualties and losses | 19,000 killed or captured in the western theater, and over 70,000+ killed or captured in the eastern theater | 20% of the eastern theater, 80% of their horses on these expeditions |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of West Suiyuan 1940, 1027 km SE
- Battle of Chakirmaut 1204, 1035 km W
- Battle of Buyur Lake 1388, 1132 km E
- Battle of Yehuling 1211, 1185 km SE
- Battle of Mayi 133 BC, 1197 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Hexi 121 BC
- After: Battle of Loulan 108 BC
- All 7 engagements of Han–Xiongnu Wars
Battle of Mobei is one of 94 engagements of the 2nd century BC in the atlas and one of 10 in present-day Mongolia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q280345, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mobei, revision 1380735191, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.