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in 731, he managed to recover his capital, Samarkand, and achieve a quasi-independence which he maintained until his death in 737 or 738. His realm was then divided among his relatives (known from Chinese sources):
114:), formerly prince of Kabudhan, received Samarkand, Me-chu'o was king of Mayamurgh, while a certain Ko-lopu-lo who was king of Ishtikhan in 742 may perhaps be identified with Gurak's brother Afarun. 94:, campaigned against Samarkand but in the end confirmed Gurak as its ruler. Gurak was a cautious and intelligent ruler, and managed, through shifting alliance between the Muslims and the 214: 180: 355: 298: 185: 384: 194: 404: 394: 399: 61: 389: 348: 291: 35: 21: 17: 379: 341: 284: 321: 102: 8: 374: 208: 234: 91: 240: 230: 218: 190: 65: 99: 329: 325: 272: 268: 368: 244: 222: 204: 57: 239:. Translated by Margaret Graham Weir. Calcutta: University of Calcutta. 313: 130: 75: 267:
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Index

Gurak, Iran
Ghurak, Iran
Chinese
pinyin
Sogdian
Central Asia
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
Sogdian
ikhshid
Samarkand
Tarkhun
Muslim
Umayyad
Qutayba ibn Muslim
Turgesh
Pyrrhic victory
Battle of the Defile
Turgar
Tarkhun
Samarkand
Turgar
Dickens 2018
"Ghurak"
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
ISBN
978-0-19-866277-8
Gibb, H. A. R.
The Arab Conquests in Central Asia
The Royal Asiatic Society
OCLC

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