Battle of Aksu (717)

Battle of Aksu
Date	717 AD
Location	Aksu
Result	Decisive Tang victory
Belligerents
Tang dynasty; Karluks	Umayyad Caliphate; Tibetan Empire; Turgesh allies
Commanders and leaders
Tang Jiahui; Ashina Xin[dubious – discuss]; Ashina Xian	Al-Yashkuri, (Arab Umayyad commander); Turgesh Khan Suluk.
Casualties and losses
light	Unknown but more than the half

The Battle of Aksu (Chinese: 撥換城之戰; Arabic: معركة أقسو) was fought between the Umayyad Caliphate, and their Turgesh and Tibetan allies, against the Tang dynasty, and their Karluk and Western Turk allies. In 717 AD, the Umayyads, guided by their Turgesh allies, besieged Buat-ɦuɑn (Aksu) and Dai-dʑiᴇk-dʑiᴇŋ (Uqturpan) in the Aksu region of Xinjiang. Tang troops backed by their protectorates in the region attacked and routed the besieging Umayyads forcing them to retreat.^[1]

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[Guides2017-2] Insight Guides (1 April 2017). Insight Guides Silk Road. APA. ISBN 978-1-78671-699-6.

[Whiting2002-3] Marvin C. Whiting (2002). Imperial Chinese Military History: 8000 BC-1912 AD. iUniverse. pp. 277–. ISBN 978-0-595-22134-9.

[4] Section 221 (Section 27 of the Chapter Records of Tang) of Zizhi Tongjian

[Beckwith1993-5] Christopher I. Beckwith (28 March 1993). The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese During the Early Middle Ages. Princeton University Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-691-02469-3.

[Grousset1970-6] René Grousset (1970). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-0-8135-1304-1. aksu 717.

[Skaff2012-7] Jonathan Karam Skaff (6 August 2012). Sui-Tang China and Its Turko-Mongol Neighbors: Culture, Power, and Connections, 580-800. Oxford University Press. pp. 311–. ISBN 978-0-19-999627-8.

[8] Kuropatkin, Aleksej Nikolaevič (1882). "Kashgaria: Eastern or Chinese Turkistan. Historical and Geographical Sketch of the Country; Its Military Strength, Industries and Trade. By A. N. Kuropatkin. Translated from the Russian by Waller E. Gowan".

[9] Chamakhi, Mustapha K. (21 June 2021). Islam in all its States. BoD - Books on Demand. ISBN 978-2-322-25166-7.

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