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The Khatun of Bukhara

خاتون بخارا

The Khatun, queen of Bukhara; her Turkish levies routed by Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad, she truced at a million and he entered Baykand. Under Sa'id ibn Uthman she broke covenant as the Sughd, Turks, Kish and Nasaf massed a hundred twenty thousand — broken, she gave hostages, renewed the peace, aided him on Samarqand, and sued for sulh again at Tirmidh.

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The Umayyad Period
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Khatun, queen of Bukhara. She called on the Turks against Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, and they were defeated. He made peace with her for a million, and entered Bikand. 1

Breaking the covenant

She broke the covenant in the days of Sa'id ibn Uthman. The people of Sughd, the Turks, Kush and Nasaf came against him with a hundred and twenty thousand and were defeated. She then gave him hostages and renewed the peace, helped him with the people of Bukhara against Samarqand, and sent him a peace offering for Tirmidh. 1

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Sa'id ibn Uthman and the Bukhara Host· Sa'id ibn Uthman's Siege of Samarqand· Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad's Baykand Campaign

People and things also explored

Sa'id ibn Uthman ibn Affan· al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra· Rufay' Abu al-Aliya al-Riyahi· Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad· Baykand· Bukhara· Samarqand· Sa'id ibn Uthman and the Bukhara Host

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Sa'id ibn Uthman ibn Affan

Sa'id ibn Uthman ibn Affan; Mu'awiya's governor of Khurasan — first to cross the river with his whole army. At Bukhara the Khatun's hundred-twenty-thousand broke and she renewed peace on hostages; at Samarqand he swore not to stir till it opened, lost an eye in three days' fighting, and truced at seven hundred thousand plus noble hostages, entering and leaving by its gates; he sat on Tirmidh till it truced too.