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==Aftermath== |
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In 671, [[Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan]] sent 50,000 Arab troops to Merv as a colony. This colony retained its native Kufan sympathies and became the nucleus of Khurasan.<ref>Muir pp. 295-6</ref> |
In 671, [[Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan]] sent 50,000 Arab troops to Merv as a colony. This colony retained its native Kufan sympathies and became the nucleus of Khurasan.<ref>Muir pp. 295-6</ref> Using this city as their base, the Arabs, led by [[Qutayba ibn Muslim]], brought under subjection large parts of Central Asia, including [[Balkh]], [[Bukhara|Bokhara]], and [[Fergana]]. |
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==Legacy== |
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Merv, and [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]] in general was to become one of the first parts of the [[Persian language|Persian]]-speaking world to become majority-[[Muslim]]. Arab immigration to the area was substantial. A Chinese captured at Talas, [[Du Huan]], was brought to [[Baghdad]] and toured the caliphate. He observed that in Merv, [[Greater Khorasan|Khurasan]], Arabs and Persians lived in mixed concentrations.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/?id=qkIsAQAAIAAJ&q=Dashi+(Land+of+the+Arabs)+From+Tong+Dian+chapter+193,+appended+to+section+on+the+Dashi+(Arabs)+(TD:+1044):+%5BThe+city+of+the%5D+Arabs&dq=Dashi+(Land+of+the+Arabs)+From+Tong+Dian+chapter+193,+appended+to+section+on+the+Dashi+(Arabs)+(TD:+1044):+%5BThe+city+of+the%5D+Arabs|title=Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic review, Volumes 5-7|author=Harvard University. Center for Middle Eastern Studies|year=1999|publisher=Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University|location=|page=89|isbn=|pages=|accessdate=2010-11-28}}</ref> |
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Umayyad province of Khorasan
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Aftermath
In 671,
Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan sent 50,000 Arab troops to Merv as a colony. This colony retained its native Kufan sympathies and became the nucleus of Khurasan.[1] Using this city as their base, the Arabs, led by Qutayba ibn Muslim, brought under subjection large parts of Central Asia, including Balkh, Bokhara, and Fergana
.
Legacy
Merv, and
Muslim. Arab immigration to the area was substantial. A Chinese captured at Talas, Du Huan, was brought to Baghdad and toured the caliphate. He observed that in Merv, Khurasan, Arabs and Persians lived in mixed concentrations.[2]
- ^ Muir pp. 295-6
- ^ Harvard University. Center for Middle Eastern Studies (1999). Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic review, Volumes 5-7. Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University. p. 89. Retrieved 2010-11-28.