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Tokharistan (formed from "Tokhara" and the
suffix -stan
meaning "place of" in Persian) is an
ancient Early Middle Ages name
given to the area
which was...
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Bactria (/ˈbæktriə/; Bactrian: βαχλο, Bakhlo), or Bactriana, was an
ancient Iranian civilization in
Central Asia
based in the area
south of the Oxus River...
- the
Sanskrit language but a
borrowed word in the
Indian lexis from the
Tukharistan region of Uzbekistan.
Another view-point is that
Thakkura is a loan word...
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their families from Iraq and
dispatching expeditionary forces against Tukharistan,
Balkh and Quhistan.
Although the m****
resettlement improved Iraq's economic...
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towards the Karakhanids, who had
after the
death of Alp-Arslan
invaded Tukharistan,
which was
ruled by Malik-Shah's
brother Ayaz, who was
unable to repel...
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Banijurids or Abu
Dawudids were a short-lived
Iranian dynasty that
ruled Tukharistan and
parts of the
Hindu Kush. They were v****als of the
Samanids until...
- Punjab.
Kidara himself was a
nomadic ruler who
invaded the
areas of
Tukharistan and
Gandhara hitherto ruled by the Indo-Sasanians. It is
thought the...
- parti****te "to the
artistic tradition of the
Hephthalite ruling classes of
Tukharistan". The
paintings related to the
Hephthalites have
often been
grouped under...
- was imprisoned.
Muhammad sent a
missive to Mas'ud's son, Mawdud, in
Tukharistan explaining his father's
murder was an act of
revenge perpetrated by the...
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battle shortly ensued between Abu 'Ali
Chaghani and a
Samanid army in
Tukharistan,
which resulted in a
Samanid victory.
Fortunately for Abu Ali Chaghani...