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594: 40: 680: 410: 572:, a city near Bukhara. The city soon revolted, and the Arabs responded by sacking the city. The brutality of the sack of Paykand shocked the Sogdian world, and led the nobles of Bukhara under Khunuk to make an alliance with the Wardan Khudah. However, during the fighting between the Arabs and Sogdians, the Wardan Khudah was killed, which probably constituted a heavy blow to the Bukhara-Wardana alliance. Bukhara was shortly after captured by Qutayba, who imposed a tribute of 200,000 47: 541:, and is celebrated in the local historical tradition for her wisdom and capable management. She is reported to have held court daily, "inquired into the affairs of state and issued orders and prohibitions," while at a distance stood "two hundred youths from the landowners and the princes ready for service, girded with gold belts and bearing swords." In 676 she dispatched a contingent to aid an Arab assault on 467: 659:
to suppress the rebellion, but the rebels managed to emerge victorious. Qutayba, at the head of an army numbering 10,000 soldiers, aided the Abbasids in their fight against Sharik, and in the end managed to defeat and kill the latter. However, because of Qutayba's attitude towards the Arabs, he was
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murdered in 750 at the orders of Abu Muslim Khorasani, and was succeeded by his brother Sakan, who ruled until ca. 757 when he too was murdered by Abbasid agents. He was succeeded by another brother named Bunyat, who, because of his support to
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in Bukhara, Qutayba built a mosque in the city's citadel, and even encouraged the natives to convert by paying them to attend the prayers. However, Islamization proceeded very slowly, and the rulers of Bukhara would remain
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is known to have mentioned several names of rulers of Bukhara, but it is not known if they were all from the same dynasty. The first ruler mentioned by Narshakhi is
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until their downfall. Tughshada, however, still tried to achieve independence from the Umayyad Caliphate, and in 718, along with Tarkhun's successor
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The majority of the inhabitants of Bukhara, including the rulers of the city, were Zoroastrians. However, there were also traces of
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The word “Bukhar” means Bukhara, while “khuda” means “lord”. Thus the word means “the lord of Bukhara”.
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In 706, a civil war erupted in Bukhara and its surrounding cities and towns; the ruler of the nearby
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that was named after him. The first ruler mentioned with the title of Bukhar Khudah is named
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History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The crossroads of civilizations, A.D. 250 to 750
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Bosworth, C. Edmund. "BUKHARA ii. From the Arab Invasions to the Mongols".
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The founding date of the Bukhar Khudahs remains unknown; the 10th-century
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In Gods Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
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States and territories disestablished in the 9th century
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Location of the Bukhar Khudahs, and their capital of
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Frye, Richard N. "BUKHARA i. In Pre-Islamic Times".
820: 784: 757: 832: 796: 643:In 750, the Umayyad Caliphate was conquered by the 458:, who incorporated Bukhara into the Samanid state. 844: 640:, who was named in honour of the Umayyad general. 736: 713: 1028: 904:. Leiden and New York: BRILL. pp. 541–542. 961: 877: 865: 743:. Oxford University Press. pp. 120–121. 533:. He was succeeded by his few months-old son 962:Litvinsky, B. A.; Dani, Ahmad Hasan (1996). 636:nobles in 739, and was succeeded by his son 993: 814: 510:, who was credited with the building of a 947:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 732: 730: 728: 450:from an unknown date to the reign of the 892: 778: 678: 592: 465: 1019:Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. IV, Fasc. 5 986:Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. IV, Fasc. 5 1029: 940: 838: 802: 725: 46: 928:. London: The Royal Asiatic Society. 982: 918: 850: 826: 790: 763: 719: 605:Later, in 712/3, in order to spread 668:, whose kingdom was annexed by the 13: 925:The Arab Conquests in Central Asia 526:during the first Arab attempts to 231:including other regions and cities 14: 1073: 1052:Former monarchies of Central Asia 446:dynasty, which ruled the city of 1057:Former countries in Central Asia 1015: 683:Wall Paintings in the Palace at 647:, who became the new masters of 408: 45: 38: 518:, who was killed in 681 by the 1: 1000:The Arab Kingdom and its Fall 707: 217:, with neighbouring polities. 622:, he sent an embassy to the 461: 7: 695: 10: 1078: 886: 737:Robert G. Hoyland (2014). 502:. The next ruler is named 477: 878:Litvinsky & Dani 1996 866:Litvinsky & Dani 1996 383: 379: 365: 355: 351: 341: 337: 322: 307: 303: 295: 287: 256: 246: 236: 33: 28: 18: 44: 944:The 'Abbāsid Revolution 582:, who was the ruler of 317:(first mentioned ruler) 941:Shaban, M. A. 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Muslim" 655:sent an army under 357:• Established 1042:History of Bukhara 995:Wellhausen, Julius 693: 603: 566:Qutayba ibn Muslim 472: 829:, pp. 38–39. 793:, pp. 35–36. 766:, pp. 34–35. 674:Isma'il ibn Ahmad 666:Abu Ishaq Ibrahim 645:Abbasid Caliphate 539:Khatun of Bukhara 456:Isma'il ibn Ahmad 424: 423: 420: 419: 416: 415: 333: 329:Abu Ishaq Ibrahim 318: 282: 1069: 1023: 1012: 990: 979: 958: 937: 915: 881: 875: 869: 863: 854: 848: 842: 836: 830: 824: 818: 812: 806: 800: 794: 788: 782: 776: 767: 761: 755: 754: 734: 723: 717: 689:Hermitage Museum 412: 411: 400: 399: 385: 384: 331: 324:• ???-890s 316: 265: 108:BYZANTINE EMPIRE 49: 48: 42: 16: 15: 1077: 1076: 1072: 1071: 1070: 1068: 1067: 1066: 1027: 1026: 976: 955: 912: 889: 884: 876: 872: 864: 857: 849: 845: 837: 833: 825: 821: 815:Wellhausen 1927 813: 809: 801: 797: 789: 785: 777: 770: 762: 758: 751: 735: 726: 718: 714: 710: 698: 657:Ziyad ibn Salih 568:, had captured 552:, known as the 480: 464: 442:) were a local 409: 372: 358: 325: 310: 309:• ???-681 263: 232: 221: 220: 219: 218: 212: 206: 205: 204: 203: 196: 195: 194: 192: 185: 184: 183: 182: 179: 172: 171: 170: 168: 161: 160: 159: 157: 155: 148: 147: 146: 144: 142: 135: 134: 133: 126: 125: 124: 120: 112: 111: 110: 103: 102: 101: 100: 96: 87: 86: 85: 84: 76: 75: 74: 67: 66: 65: 60: 59: 58: 51: 50: 29:before 681–890s 24: 21: 12: 11: 5: 1075: 1065: 1064: 1059: 1054: 1049: 1044: 1039: 1025: 1024: 1013: 991: 980: 974: 959: 953: 938: 920:Gibb, H. 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Bukhar Khudahs is located in West and Central Asia
AFRIGHIDS
AFSHINS
TURK SHAHIS
UMAYYADS
ABBASIDS
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
WESTERN TURKS
TURGESH
CHALUKYAS
GUJARA-
PRATIHARA

KARKOTA
DYNASTY

TANG

PATOLA
SHAHIS

YABGHUS

IKHSHIDS
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Bukhara
Bukhara
Sogdia
Bukhara
Sogdian
Zoroastrianism
Manichaeism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Bidun
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim
Middle Ages

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