Arab conquests in Central Asia

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Islamic conquest military campaign

The Arab conquests in Central Asia were a series of 7th–8th century military campaigns through regions such as Transoxiana that brought much of Central Asia under Islamic rule and reshaped its political, cultural, and religious landscape.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arab conquest of Transoxiana	1
Islam in Central Asia	1
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic conquest ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
carriedOutBy	Rashidun Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalImpact	emergence of Central Asia as a major center of Islamic scholarship in later centuries ⓘ spread of Arabic and Persian literary culture in Central Asia ⓘ
economicImpact	integration of Central Asian trade into the Islamic economic sphere ⓘ
follows	Arab conquest of the Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslim conquest of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEndTime	8th century ⓘ
hasStartTime	7th century ⓘ
keyCommander	Nasr ibn Sayyar NERFINISHED ⓘ Qutayba ibn Muslim NERFINISHED ⓘ Saʿid ibn ʿUthman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRegion	Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Farghana Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Khurasan NERFINISHED ⓘ Khwarazm NERFINISHED ⓘ Sogdia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokharistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Sogdian principalities NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Turgesh Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ Türkic tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ local Iranian dynasties ⓘ
partOf	early Muslim conquests NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalImpact	end of many Sogdian city-state autonomies ⓘ incorporation of Central Asian elites into the Islamic caliphal system ⓘ
religiousImpact	conversion of many Iranian-speaking populations to Islam ⓘ decline of Buddhism in parts of Central Asia ⓘ decline of Manichaeism in Central Asia ⓘ decline of Zoroastrianism in Central Asia ⓘ
result	Arab control over major Silk Road routes ⓘ Arabization of administration in conquered regions ⓘ Arab–Chinese rivalry in Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ decline of local pre-Islamic religions ⓘ expansion of Islamic rule into Central Asia ⓘ formation of Muslim-ruled principalities in Transoxiana ⓘ gradual Islamization of Turkic peoples ⓘ integration of Transoxiana into the Islamic world ⓘ introduction of Arabic as an administrative language ⓘ spread of Islam in Central Asia ⓘ spread of Islamic law (sharia) ⓘ weakening of Tang influence west of the Tian Shan ⓘ
significantBattle	Battle of Aksu (717) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Marw al-Rudh NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Talas NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Defile NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sogdians → declineCause → Arab conquests in Central Asia ⓘ

Muslim conquest of Persia → followedBy → Arab conquests in Central Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim conquest of Transoxiana

Arab–Chinese wars → relatedEvent → Arab conquests in Central Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab conquest of Transoxiana

Madali Khan → religionContext → Arab conquests in Central Asia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islam in Central Asia