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| 950 Death of al-Farabi Otrar Philisopher |
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705 Arabs, under Qutayba ibn Muslim, launch a holy war against Transoxiana from Merv. |
711 Khiva Captured by Arabs |
| 728 Arab attempt to forcibly convert Transoxiana to Islam, resulting in general revolt. |
| 750s Semirechye & eastern Syr Darya come under rule of Qarluqs while western Syr Darya comes under rule of Oghuz (Ghuzz). |
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| 820 rise of Tahirid Emirate in Khurasan, extending into Transoxiana. |
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| 689 Arab occupation of Termez. |
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709 Arabs capture Bukhara & Samarkand. |
712 Arabs subdue Khwarezm & recapture Samarkand. |
| 710 Samarkand Captured by Umayad Dynasty |
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| 875 Persian Samanid dynasty (Sunni) obtains administration of Transoxiana, with its capital in Bukhara, from Caliph. |
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| 985 Seljuq Turks, a ruling tribe of Oghuz, move to vicinity of Bukhara. |
| 999 Ghaznavids defeat Samanids in Khurasan & Qarakhanids capture Bukhara, Samanid capital. |
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| 552 Turks destroy Juanjuan Empire & establish Turkic Khaganate, nominally divided into Western & Eastern Khanates. |
| 580 Turks Unified by Tardu |
| 582 Turkic Khaganate officially breaks up into Western & Eastern Khanates. |
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Turkistan Balasagun 67 Founded as a successor of West Turkish empire. |
| 601 Turks under command of Tardu siege China's capital Xian |
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Kashgar, China. 372 First Turkic dynasty to embrace Islam. |
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| 950s conversion of Qarakhanids & Uighurs from Buddhism to Islam under Satuq Bughra Khan (d.955). |
924 Mongol Khitans defeat Kirghiz. |
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| 900 Burana Tower at Balasagun Kyrgestan |
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