Turgar

Turgar
Turgar
King of Ikhshids
Father	Ghurak
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Tūrgār, also Thurgar (

Soghdia and the Ferghana Valley in Transoxiana during the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods.^[4]

Turgar issued coinage with his own name in the legend.

Penjikent.^[5]

Turgar was a successor of

Umayyad Governor Nasr ibn Sayyar. This continued until the revolt of Abu Muslim and the establishment of the Abbasid dynasty, after which Sogdians had to convert to Islam.^[6]

Another coin of Turgar, in Chinese style. Sogdian legend around central square hole. Tamghas and crescent around central square hole. Circa 738-755 CE.^[3]

References

ISBN 978-9461616272
.

^
S2CID 194538468
.

^ ^a ^b Gariboldi, Andrea (2015). "Le monete di Turgar (738-750), ultimo re di Samarcanda" (PDF). 4th Simone Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coins: 279–288.

^ Bosworth 1971, p. 1060.

ISBN 978-0-520-03765-6
.

ISBN 978-81-85026-16-9
. Many houses appear to have been renovated and repainted during the reign of the Samarkand King Turgar, who came to the throne in AD 738. This phase of activity coincides with the conciliatory policy of the Muslim governor , Nasr ibn Saiyar . It was to come to an end with the revolt of Abu Muslim , when locals were converted to Islam .

Sources

ISBN 978-1-56859-021-9
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B. A. Litvinsky, Ahmad Hasan Dani (1996). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The crossroads of civilizations, A.D. 250 to 750. UNESCO. pp. 1–569.
ISBN 9789231032110
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Bulliet, R. W. (1984). "ĀL-E MĪKĀL". In
ISBN 978-0-71009-096-6
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C.E., Bosworth (1993). "Mīkālīs". In
ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2
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Marshak, Boris (2002). "PANJIKANT". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.

Hansen, Valerie (2012). The Silk Road. Oxford University Press. pp. 1–304.
ISBN 9780195159318
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Yakubovich, Ilya (2002). "Mugh 1.I. Revisited". Studia Iranica. 31 (2): 231–253.
doi:10.2143/SI.31.2.270
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Bacharach, Jere L. (1993). "Muḥammad b. Ṭug̲h̲d̲j". In
ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2
.

OCLC 495469525
.

OCLC 499987512
.

Preceded by
Gurak
Ruler of Samarkand
738–755/57 Abbasid dynasty
Abu Muslim

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[1] ISBN 978-9461616272
.

[MF-2] 
S2CID 194538468
.

[AG-3] Gariboldi, Andrea (2015). "Le monete di Turgar (738-750), ultimo re di Samarcanda" (PDF). 4th Simone Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coins: 279–288.

[FOOTNOTEBosworth19711060-4] Bosworth 1971, p. 1060.

[5] ISBN 978-0-520-03765-6
.

[6] ISBN 978-81-85026-16-9
. Many houses appear to have been renovated and repainted during the reign of the Samarkand King Turgar, who came to the throne in AD 738. This phase of activity coincides with the conciliatory policy of the Muslim governor , Nasr ibn Saiyar . It was to come to an end with the revolt of Abu Muslim , when locals were converted to Islam .

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