Farghana

فرغانة

Farghana, the Transoxanian land on the Sayhun; Salih ibn Muslim took its Kasan, Urusht, Sakhr and Akhsikath — its old city — with Nasr ibn Sayyar in his host.

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Farghana is a region beyond the river (Transoxiana), on the river Syr Darya. Salih ibn Muslim al-Bahili conquered from it Kasan, Awrasht, Sukhr and Akhsikat, its old city. Nasr ibn Sayyar was in his army. 1

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Muslim ibn Sa'id's Farghana Disaster

People and things also explored

al-Afshin· Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri· Muslim ibn Sa'id· نصر بن سيار· Muslim ibn Sa'id's Farghana Disaster

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
  • al-Farghani, Elementa astronomica (Golius, Amsterdam 1669)
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al-Afshin

al-Afshin, lord of Ushrusana; he bought off Muslim ibn Sa'id's invasion with six thousand heads and his fortress.