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Khujanda

خجنده

Khujanda beyond the river on the Sayhun; Salm ibn Ziyad's army, A'sha Hamdan among them, was defeated there.

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Khujanda is a town beyond the river, on the Syr Darya. Salm ibn Ziyad, while he was in Sughd, sent an army to it with al-A'sha of Hamadan in it, and the army was routed there, according to al-Baladhuri. 1

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Khujanda”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/khujanda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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