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705 The Arabs, under Qutayba ibn Muslim, launch a holy war against

Transoxiana from Merv.

709 The Arabs capture Bukhara and Samarkand.

711 The Arabs capture Khiva.

711-720 The Türgish are defeated by the Göktürks.

711 The Pechenek-Türgish war.

712 The Arabs subdue Khwarezm and recapture Samarkand.

713 The Arabs sack Kashgar.

714 The Chinese, under emperor T'ai-tsong, defeat the Turks at Lake

Issuk-kul.

715 The end of the Arab conquest of Transoxiana as a result of the

death of Qutaiba.

726-727 Bilge Kaghan, the vezier of the Göktürk Khagan, erects a monu-

ment in the name of Tonyukuk in Mongolia. This is one of the first
Orkhun monuments, which constitute the first example of Turkish
history, language, and literature.

728 Arab attempt to forcibly convert Transoxiana to Islam, resulting

in general revolt.

731-740 The break of the Soghdian resistance against the Arabs.

731 Kul Tigin's death. The second Orkhun monument erected in the

name of Kul Tigin, Bilge Khagan's brother and vizier.

734 The death of Bilge Kaghan, the Eastern Göktürk ruler.

735 The third Orkhun monument erected in the name of Bilge Kha-

gan.

737 The defeat of the Hazars by the Arabs.

741-750 The collapse of the Türgish khaganate.

744 The Basmyls kill Ozmish, the last khagan of the Eastern Gök-

türks.

745 The Uighur-Basmyl-Qarluq coalition destroy the Göktürk Em-

pire.

745 Kutlug Bilge Kul (745-747) becomes the first Uighur kaghan.

748 The Chinese invade the Ferghana Valley.

750 The Abbasids seize the Caliphate from the Umayyad's and subse-

quently transfer the capital to Baghdad.

751 Arabs defeat the Chinese in the Talas valley with the help of the

Turks and the Tibetans. Tang sovereignty in Central Asia comes to
an end. Central Asia becomes part of the Islamic world.