Conquest·Umayyad
Qutayba ibn Muslim Begins Central Asian Campaigns
- Date
- 705 CE86 AH1,321 years ago
- Place
- Transoxiana (Central Asia)
- People
- Qutayba ibn Muslim, Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
Qutayba ibn Muslim, governor of Khurasan, began a series of campaigns across the Oxus River into Transoxiana in 705 CE. Over the following years he captured Bukhara, Samarkand and other cities. Local Sogdian princes resisted, and some of them allied with Turkic groups. Qutayba was killed around 715 CE after a revolt in the east.
Why it matters
His campaigns brought Transoxiana under Umayyad rule and added its cities, including Bukhara and Samarkand, to the Islamic world.