1st Battle of Alx̣tsʻan

1st Battle of Alx̣tśan
Part of the Last Dze-Human War
Date 29th Primo 1583 AR Location Alx̣ valley Result Dze victory
Belligerents
Alẋtśaq Clan	Thuhaq Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Tsǫt'aan Xanaaq̇ut	Qharaq Iz'udan †
Strength
2,000 Cavalry	5,000 Infantry 2,000 Cavalry
Casualties and losses
<1,000	~6,000

The 1st Battle of Alx̣tśan was the battle that began the Last Dze-Human War; occuring on the 29th of Primo 1583, it marked the end of the truce established at the end of the Thuhaq-Alx̣tśaqi War that had concluded a mere year before and was fought between the coalition of tribes under the banner of T'aan X̣ṭeḿł̣oq́ and a Thuhaqi army under the command of general Qharaq Iz'udan.

After being informed of the approaching Thuhaqi army, the T'aan had organized the evacuation of his people and prepared to meet this army near a chokepoint in the Alx̣ valley and, after succesfully bogging them down with traps and obstacles across the valley, the army was swiftly encircled and destroyed. This battle is pivotal in being the second incident that convinced X̣ṭeḿł̣oq́ to complete the process of uniting the Dze and their allies, a process that would take him the next thirty years of his life.