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The Battle of Arbijan was a battle that led the Umayyads to defeat the Göktürks and capture Samarkand. In 712, when the Umayyads attacked Samarkand, a Göktürk vassal the city's leader Ghurak, requested help from the Göktürks. The Göktürks accepted the request for help and sent an army led by Inel Qaghan against the Umayyad army that was besieging Samarkand. Qutayba bin Muslim, who was aware of the situation, immediately sent an army to defeat the Turks, and this army organized a night raid and defeated the Gokturks. This defeat is mentioned in the Gokturk inscriptions as "brave soldiers attacked us". At the end of the battle, the Arabs captured Samarkand and they managed to expel the Gokturks from Transoxian

References

Citations

1. S.G Klyashtornıy, Orta-Asya Milletlerinin Araplar'a Karşı Mücadelelerine Dair, p.772
2. S.G Klyaştornıy, Orta-Asya Milletlerinin Araplar'a Karşı Mücadelelerine Dair, p.772
3. Istvan Vasary, A History of Old Inner Asia, pp. 121–122
4. Christopher I. Beckwith,The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia,p.77
5. Lev Gumilev, Ancient Turks, pp. 370–371
6. Jonathan Karam Skaff, Sui-Tang China and Its Turko-Mongol Neighbors, p.50
7. Soren Stark, The Arab Conquest of Bukhārā: Reconsidering Qutayba b. Muslim’s Campaigns 87‒90 H/706‒709 CE, p.390
8. Lev Gumilev, Ancient Turks, p.371

General

• A History of Old Inner Asia. 2003. ISBN 978-975-437-656-2.
• Ancient Turks. 2002. ISBN 978-975-883-905-6.
• Beckwit, Christopher (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. ISBN 0-691-02469-3.

• Battles involving the Umayyad Caliphate
• Muslim conquest of Transoxiana