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Region: Persia & Central Asia
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Baykand: a city beyond the river, two farsakhs from its dependency Ramdin, according to al-Baladhuri. Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad came to it with twenty-four thousand men, defeated the hosts of Khatun the Turk, made peace with it for a million, and entered it. ¹

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Site of: Qutayba's Baykand, Bukhara and Nizak's Killing· Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad's Baykand Campaign

People and things also explored

Bashshar ibn Muslim al-Bahili· The Khatun of Bukhara· Nizak· قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي· Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad· Qutayba's Baykand, Bukhara and Nizak's Killing· Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad's Baykand Campaign

Sources

Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)

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islam.museum contributors. “Baykand”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/baykand/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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