Tarkhun, King of Samarqand · Islam Museum

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Era: The Umayyad Period
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Tarkhun, king of Samarqand. He honoured Musa ibn Abd Allah ibn Khazim when he came to him ¹.

Then a man among Musa's companions leapt upon a man of Sughd and killed him, and Tarkhun expelled him and those with him ¹.

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Participated in: Musa ibn Khazim's Seizure of Tirmidh· Musa's Wars from Tirmidh

People and things also explored

Musa ibn Abdallah ibn Khazim· al-Tirmidh· Hurayth ibn Qutba al-Khuza'i· Thabit ibn Qutba al-Khuza'i· Musa ibn Khazim's Seizure of Tirmidh· Musa's Wars from Tirmidh

Sources

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

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Musa ibn Abdallah ibn Khazim

Musa ibn Abdallah ibn Khazim al-Sulami; sheltered with his men by Tirmidh's king after his father's death, he cast the king out and held it in rebellion — on his death it passed to the governors, broke again, and Qutayba ibn Muslim retook it.