Qutayba ibn Muslim takes Samarkand
An Arab general wins Transoxiana in a decade
From 705 the governor of Khurasan, Qutayba ibn Muslim, subdued Bukhara and Khwarazm, and in 712 took Samarkand after a siege. Its king Ghurak kept his throne in return for tribute and land for a mosque; Islam came to Sogdiana, though resistance lasted for decades.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 711–718 Umayyad conquest of Hispania — 1 year earlier
- 717–718 Second Arab siege of Constantinople — 5 years later
- 732 Battle of Tours — 20 years later
Middle East
- 691 Dome of the Rock — 21 years earlier
Africa
- 698 Fall of Carthage and the Arab conquest of the Maghreb — 14 years earlier
- c. 700 The rise of the Kanem Empire — 12 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Li Bai (aged 11)
- Lady Six Sky (aged 30)