CONTENTS

PREFACE

I. INTRODUCTION THE OXUS BASIN Early History.

II. THE EARLY RAIDS The Conquest of Lower T ukh?rist?n.

III. THE CONQUESTS OF QUTAYBA

IV. THE TURKISH COUNTERSTROKE. [74]

V. THE RECONQUEST OF TRANSOXANIA.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHIEF WORKS CITED. A. Oriental Authorities.

Transcriber’s Note: This text makes use of an uncommon system for transcription of Arabic. Italics, sometimes on a single letter (highlighted in red here, but not in the text!), are semantically meaningful; and you’ll need a font that can display macrons (āēīōū) and the characters for the transliterations of Arabic letters ain (ʿ) and hamza (ʾ).