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al-Shash

الشاش

al-Shash beyond the river, its king at Tarband; Qutayba took most of it to Isbijab, whose old fort the Turks held with Shash folk till Nuh ibn Asad's conquest under al-Mu'tasim — he walled it round its people's vines and farms.

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al-Shash: a land beyond the Oxus river, whose ruler was titled Tarbend. Qutayba conquered most of it and reached Asbijab. 1

Asbijab

The fortress of Asbijab was conquered in ancient times; then the Turks prevailed over it, with a group of the people of al-Shash alongside them. Then Nuh ibn Asad conquered it in the caliphate of al-Mu'tasim, and built around it a wall that enclosed its people's vineyards and fields. 1

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Shash”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-shash/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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