Muslim conquest of Transoxiana

Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
Part of the early Muslim conquests
Arabs besieging the city of Samarkand, captured in 722 AD. Palace of Devastich (706–722 AD), Penjikent mural.
Date 673–751 Location Central Asia Result Muslim victory Islamization and Arabization of the Turkic peoples End of Chinese influence in Transoxiana Territorial changes Caliphates expand into Central Asian lands
Belligerents
Umayyad Caliphate (until 748) Abbasid Caliphate (from 748) Tibetan Empire (in 751; Battle of Talas)	Principalities of Tokharistan Sogdian principalities Khwarazm Fergana Türgesh Kaghanate Second Turkic Khaganate Tang dynasty Karkota Dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Sa'id ibn Uthman Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad Yazid ibn Ziyad Qutayba ibn Muslim Al-Hakam ibn Amr al-Ghifari Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra Muslim ibn Sa'id al-Kilabi Junayd ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Murri Sawra ibn al-Hurr al-Abani Sa'id ibn Amr al-Harashi Asad ibn Abd Allah al-Qasri Nasr ibn Sayyar Al-Yashkuri Al-Saffah Abu Muslim Ziyad ibn Salih	Ghurak Suluk Khagan Kül-chor al-Harith ibn Surayj Qapaghan Qaghan Bilge Qaghan Kul Tigin Divashtich  † Karzanj  † Gao Xianzhi Li Siye Duan Xiushi

The Muslim conquest of Transoxiana, also called the Arab conquest of Transoxiana, was part of the early Muslim conquests. It began shortly after the Muslim conquest of Persia enabled the Arabs to enter Central Asia. Relatively small-scale incursions had taken place under the Rashidun Caliphate, but it was not until after the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate that an organized military effort was made to conquer Transoxiana, a region that today includes all or parts of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The campaign continued under the Abbasid Caliphate, and gradually saw the Islamization and Arabization of the region, which has been predominantly inhabited by Turkic peoples.