Muslim conquest of Transoxiana

Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
Part of the Muslim conquests
Arabs besieging the city of Samarkand, captured in 722 AD. Palace of Devastich (706-722 AD), Penjikent mural.
Date 673–751 Location Transoxiana, Central Asia Result Umayyad Caliphate and Abbasid Caliphate Victory Islamization of Transoxiana Islamization and Arab infleunce over the Turkic peoples End of Chinese dominance and influence in Transoxiana
Belligerents
Umayyad Caliphate (until 748) Abbasid Caliphate (from 748) Battle of Talas: Tibetan Empire	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 or Arab conquest of Transoxiana were the 7th and 8th century conquests, by Umayyad and Abbasid Arabs, of Transoxiana, the land between the Oxus (Amu Darya) and Jaxartes (Syr Darya) rivers, a part of Central Asia that today includes all or parts of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.