Turk Shahi

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Was a dynasty that replaced the Nezak-Alchons in Zabulistan and then in Kabulistan.

Establishment

January 666: The Nezak-Alchons were replaced by the Turk shahi dynasty, first in Zabulistan and then in Kabulistan.

Chronology

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1. Early Muslim conquests

Were the military campaigns by the first three Islamic Caliphates (the Caliphate of Muhammad, the Rashidun Caliphate and the Umayyad Caliphate) that led to the Islamic conquest of most of the Middle East as well as the Iberian Peninsula.

1.1.Muslim conquest of Transoxiana, Ferghana and Khorasan

Were the 7th and 8th century conquests, by Umayyad and Abbasid Arabs, of Transoxiana, the land between the Oxus (Amu Darya) and Jaxartes (Syr Darya) rivers, a part of Central Asia that today includes all or parts of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.

January 716: Umayyad commander Qutayba ibn Muslim conquered the strategic Central Asian cities of Bukhara, Samarkand, Khwarezem and Farghana between 705 and 715 CE, annexing nearly the whole of Transoxiana north of the Iranian plateau and bordering the contemporary Tang dynasty of China.

1.2.Islamic conquest of Sindh

Was the invasion of Sindh (Pakistan) initiated by the Umayyad Caliphate.

January 713: In the year 712, Muhammad bin Qasim, an Umayyad general, sailed from the Persian Gulf into Sindh and conquered both Sindh and the lower Punjab (corresponding to Multan), both regions in northwestern India straddling the course of the Indus River.

2. Wars of conquest of Muktapida

In the VIII century Muktapida, an Indian king of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir, created a short-lived empire covering most of India.

January 741: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.

January 761: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 681: The Zunbils ruled the region of Zabul in present-day Afghanistan from the early 7th century.

January 701: Between the 7th and 9th centuries, the Kingdom of Kapisa was ruled by the Turk Shahi house.

Disestablishment

January 991: Sabuktigin, the founder of the Ghaznavid Empire, began expanding the Empire by capturing Samanid and Kabul Shahi territories, including most of what is now Afghanistan and part of Pakistan.