Talk by Reza Huseini, Kings College Silk Roads Programme on Arab Muslim Conquests of Bactria: An untold Story

Cambridge Central Asia Forum in collaboration with the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge invites you to a talk by

Reza Huseini, Kings College Silk Roads Programme

on

Arab Muslim Conquests of Bactria: An untold Story

 Date: 10 February 2023

Time: 11am-1pm (UK time)

Venue: In-person Webb Library, Jesus College, CB5 8BL

Online: Zoom Registration  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqfuqsqjIrH9bgook7uZIgrFDlixSokPcE 

Everyone is welcome.

For more information please go to https://centralasia.group.cam.ac.uk/

Abstract: This presenation addresses the dynamic process of the Arab Muslim conquests in Bactria and their socio-political impacts in the region. It discusses the conquests within the context of the geographical and political complexity of the region. It highlights the local political situation before the Arab Muslim arrival and the active role of Bactrian rulers whose cooperation and resistance shaped and re-shaped the conquests. It shows that the Arab Muslim conquests of Bactria were not simply the results of a series of ‘pre-planned’ military operations initiated and led by the Arab Muslims. In contrast, the conquests were highly complicated as they were deeply affected by the local and regional political situation.