Azanulbizar

Azanulbizar is a major battle in J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendarium, described as part of the long-running conflict between the Dwarves of Durin’s Folk and the Orcs. It took place in the eastern reaches of the Misty Mountains during the Third Age, around the year 2799. The clash is recorded as a decisive engagement in the War of the Dwarves and Orcs, one of the pivotal conflicts shaping the northern regions of Middle-earth.

The combatants were the Dwarves of Durin’s Folk, led by Náin, and Orc forces commanded by Azog the Defiler. The fighting occurred in the eastern foothills of the mountains, with heavy close-quarters combat that tested both endurance and martial skill. The battle is notable for its scale and for the heavy toll it took on the Dwarves as well as the Orcs.

Outcome and significance are that the Dwarves won a hard-fought victory, though Náin the king perished in the fighting. Dáin Ironfoot, Náin’s son, survived and would later rise to lead Durin’s Folk. The victory helped curb Orc incursions into certain eastern territories for a time and contributed to the longer arc of Dwarven resilience in the northern realms. The account of Azanulbizar appears in Tolkien’s published writings and in related Middle-earth scholarship, with most details drawn from The Silmarillion’s appendices and later histories compiled by Christopher Tolkien.