Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri
Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri (Arabic: أسد بن عبد الله القسري) (died 738) was a prominent official of the Umayyad Caliphate, serving twice as governor of Khurasan under the Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. The descendant of a prominent Arab family, he was the brother of Khalid al-Qasri, the powerful governor of Iraq for most of Hisham's reign. Asad's first tenure as governor in 724–727 came in the wake of the "Day of Thirst", a severe defeat at the hands of the Türgesh Turks in Transoxiana. Asad tried to reconcile the local Soghdians to Muslim rule, initiated tax reforms to address the grievances of the native converts to Islam (mawali), and enjoyed good relations with many local nobles, who began to convert to Islam under his influence. His military expeditions during his first tenure were t
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Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri
Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri (Arabic: أسد بن عبد الله القسري) (died 738) was a prominent official of the Umayyad Caliphate, serving twice as governor of Khurasan under the Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. The descendant of a prominent Arab family, he was the brother of Khalid al-Qasri, the powerful governor of Iraq for most of Hisham's reign. Asad's first tenure as governor in 724–727 came in the wake of the "Day of Thirst", a severe defeat at the hands of the Türgesh Turks in Transoxiana. Asad tried to reconcile the local Soghdians to Muslim rule, initiated tax reforms to address the grievances of the native converts to Islam (mawali), and enjoyed good relations with many local nobles, who began to convert to Islam under his influence. His military expeditions during his first tenure were t
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G. R. Hawting
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Richard N. Frye
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The Sāmānids
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February 738
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Balkh
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Abdallah ibn Yazid al-Qasri
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Twice Umayyad governor of Khurasan, defeated the Türgesh
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Asad b. ʿAbd Allāh
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K̲h̲ālid b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḳasrī
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Umayyad governor of Khurasan
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