The principality of Farghana was under Western Turk rule until it was destroyed by Tang China in 657 and after that under the Anxi Protectorate. It was conquered from
Majusis by the
Umayyad Arab general
Qutayba ibn Muslim during the
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. Farghana, along with
Khujand, was shortly raided after Qutayba's victory over Gurak. , 7th century,
Quva (Ferghana), Uzbekistan. In 715, Qutayba completely subdued Farghana, and made it a vassal state of the Umayyad Caliphate. During the reign of the Umayyad
caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 715–717), the
ikhshid ("king") of Farghana revolted against Umayyad authority, but was shortly defeated and killed. He was buried in
Andijan. After the death of Qutayba (also in 715), Ferghana was taken back by Chinese general Zhang Xiaosong (張孝嵩). (Ferghana), Uzbekistan. In 750, the Umayyad Caliphate fell, and was replaced by the
Abbasid Caliphate. Farghana joined the Chinese side in the battle of Talas in 751. Nevertheless, Farghana remained out of Arab control from 715 until late 700s.
Samanids . Ferghana mint, dated AH 382 (AD 992-3). In 819, the governor of
Khurasan, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, appointed the
Samanid prince
Ahmad ibn Asad as the ruler of Farghana, thus marking the end of the ancient dynasty which ruled Farghana. == See also ==