al-Tarband
الطاربند
al-Tarband, the Shash king's seat; from it he answered Sughd's summons with his fighters, and Qutayba broke them.
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Tarband is the city of al-Shash. The king of al-Shash was residing there when the king of al-Sughd wrote to him, and he came to him with a company of his fighters for war against Qutayba. Qutayba struck them and broke them, according to al-Baladhuri. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Tarband”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/tarband/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.