Gurak
Gurak or Ghurak (
Turgesh, to remain on his throne. Some time after the Muslim Pyrrhic victory Battle of the Defile in 731, he managed to recover his capital, Samarkand, and achieve a quasi-independence which he maintained until his death in 737 or 738. His realm was then divided among his relatives (known from Chinese sources): Turgar
(Chinese: Tu-ho), formerly prince of Kabudhan, received Samarkand, Me-chu'o was king of Mayamurgh, while a certain Ko-lopu-lo who was king of Ishtikhan in 742 may perhaps be identified with Gurak's brother Afarun.
References
- ^ Dickens 2018, p. 664.
Sources
- Dickens, Mark (2018). "Ghurak". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.
- OCLC 499987512.
- OCLC 752790641.
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