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Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan. Tang dynasty map of its Western territories, showing Tokharistan (吐火罗) in the area of Bactria, at the extreme west of Chinese-controlled territories. Tokharistan (formed from "Tokhara" and the suffix -stan meaning "place of" in Persian) is an ancient Early Middle Ages name given to the area which was ...
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Bactria ( / ˈbæktriə /; Bactrian: βαχλο, Bakhlo ), or Bactriana, was an ancient Iranian [1] civilization in Central Asia based in the area south of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) and north of the mountains of the Hindu Kush, an area within the north of modern Afghanistan. Bactria was strategically located south of Sogdia and the ...
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Futuh al-Buldan During the Second Fitna period, the Zunbil attacked Sistan in 685 but was defeated and killed by the Arabs. Abdalmalik appointed Umayya ibn Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid as governor of Khorasan in 74 AH (693-4 AD), with Sistan included under his governorship. Umayya sent his son Abdullah as head of the expedition in Sistan. Though initially successful, the new Zunbil was able to ...
The Tocharians, or Tokharians ( US: / toʊˈkɛəriən / or / toʊˈkɑːriən /; [5] UK: / tɒˈkɑːriən / ), [6] were speakers of Tocharian languages, Indo-European languages known from around 7,600 documents from around 400 to 1200 AD, found on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin (modern-day Xinjiang, China ). [7]
The kingdom of Tushara, according to ancient Indian literature, such as the epic Mahabharata, was a land located beyond north-west India. In the Mahabharata, its inhabitants, known as the Tusharas, are depicted as mlechchas ("barbarians") and fierce warriors. Modern scholars generally see Tushara as synonymous with the historical "Tukhara ...
