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Name: Tokhara Yabghus

Type: Polity

Start: 566 AD

End: 653 AD

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A dynasty of Western Turk-Hephtalite sub-kings with the title "Yabghus", who ruled from 625 CE in the area of Tokharistan north and south of the Oxus River.

Establishment


  • January 566: The Tokhara Yabghus occupied the area north of the Oxus (Transoxonia, Sogdiana) following the destruction of the Hephthalites in 557-565 CE by the Sasanian Empire.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Uthman


    Expansion during the rule of Uthman in the Rashidun Caliphate.

  • January 654: In 652-653 CE, the Arabs under Abdallah ibn Amir conquered the whole of Tokharistan and captured the city of Balkh, as part of the Muslim conquests of Afghanistan.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 589: The Turks apparently did not permanently occupy the territory south of the Oxus.

  • January 626: In 625, Tong Yabgu, a powerful ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate, launched an invasion into Tokharistan, an area south of the Oxus River. The Hephtalites, also known as the White Huns, were the principalities that were forced to submit to Tong Yabgu's authority.

  • January 652: The Principality of Chaghaniyan, known in Arabic sources as al-Saghaniyan, was a part of the Hephthalite Confederation from the 5th to the 7th century CE. After this, it was ruled by a local, presumably Iranian dynasty.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 654: In 652-653 CE, the Arabs under Abdallah ibn Amir conquered the whole of Tokharistan and captured the city of Balkh, as part of the Muslim conquests of Afghanistan.
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