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Group: Tripolitania (Regency of Tripoli, Tripoli-in-the-West), Ottoman eyalet of
People: Louis IV, King of Western Francia
Topic: Auspicious Incident (or Event), aka Massacre of the Janissaries
Location: Augusta Trevorum > Trier Rheinland-Pfalz Germany

Qutayba’s campaign of 708 had also been …

Years: 709 - 709

Qutayba’s campaign of 708 had also been a failure, which had drawn the ire of al-Hajjaj.

For 709, al-Hajjaj draws up a new plan for his subordinate: the Arabs launch a direct attack on Bukhara, which catches the alliance—possibly weakened by the death of its leader, the Wardan Khudah—by surprise.

The city is taken by storm, a tribute of two hundred thousand dirhams imposed, and an Arab garrison installed.

In its direct aftermath, Tarkhun, the ruler of Samarkand, sends envoys to Qutayba and becomes a tributary vassal to the Caliphate.

The Hephthalite princes of Tokharistan rebel against the Arabs later in the year, but are swiftly subdued by Qutayba.