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1、9*8.7.3ibbinCentralTseArabconquestsAsiaDATEDUE..4*.THEARABCONQUESTSINCENTRALASIATHEARABCONQUESTSINCENTRALASIABYH.A.R.GIBBAMSPRESSNEWYORKReprintedfromtheeditionof1923,NewYorkFirstAMSEDITIONpublished1970ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaLibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:75-111477S
2、EN:404-02718-0AMSPRESS,INC.NewYork,N.Y.10003CONTENTSPAGEPREFACEviiI.THEOxusBASINEarlyHistoryPoliticalDivisionsTheArabicSources1II.THEEARLYRAIDS....15III.THECONQUESTSOFQUTAYBA29IV.THETURKISHCOUNTERSTROKE59V.THERECONQUESTOFTRANSOXANIA...88BIBLIOGRAPHYOFCHIEFWORKSCITED...100PREFACETHEfi
3、rstdraftofthisworkwaspresentedtotheUniversityofLondoninDecember1921,underthetitleof"TheArabConquestofTransoxania",asathesisforthedegreeofMasterofArts,andwasapprovedbythe-SenateinJanuary1922,forpublicationassuch.Duringtheyearmyattentionwastakenupinotherdirectionsand,exceptforthepublic
4、ationoftwostudiesonthesubjectintheBulletinoftheSchoolotOrientalStudies,nothingfurtherwasdoneuntilbythegenerosityoftheTrusteesoftheForlongBequestFundanopportunityofpublicationwasoffered.Initspresentformtheworkhasbeenlargelyrewrittenandrevised.Itmakesnoclaimtopresentacompletehistorical
5、accountoftheArabsinCentralAsia,butisintendedsolelyasacriticalstudyoftheauthoritiesingreaterdetailthanhashithertobeenmade.Muchisthereforeomittedbecauseithasalreadybeendealtwithinthestandardhistories.Inordertokeepdownthecostofpublication,theextensivereferenceswhichoriginallyaccompanied
6、thetexthavebeencutdowntoafewnotesattheendofeachchapter.Noreferencesaregivenwhen,asinthegreatmajorityofcases,theauthorityforthestatementsmadecaneasilybefoundintheappropriateplaceeitherinTatar!orBaladhuri.Iregretthatseveralworkswhichareindispensableforathoroughstudyofthesubjecthave,for
7、linguisticreasons,beeninaccessibletome.SucharevanVloten'sOpkomstderAbbasiden,andalmostthewholerangeofRussianresearchwork.ThroughthekindnessofSirDenisonRoss,however,IhavebeenabletoavailmyselfofadraftMS.translationofthemostimportantandvaluableofthemall,ProfessorW.Barthold'sviiviiiPREFA
8、CETurkestan,