THE FIGHT OF THE PEOPLES OF CENTRAL ASIA AGAINST ARAB INVASORS IN THE FIRST PERIOD IN THE WORKS OF ACADEMICIAN B GAFUROV
The article, based on numerous sources, periodicals, and scientific literature, reveals that from the very beginning of their invasion of Iran, Arabs were faced with the task of conquering the regions of Central Asia beyond the Amu Darya, the so-called Maverannahr (Arab, «across the river»). Maverannahr experienced at that time the state of political fragmentation that arose here already in the 4th-5th centuries. and intensified towards the end of the rule of the Ephthalites and the Turkic Kaganate. It should be noted that all the military operations of the Arabs in Maverannahr prior to the appointment of Kuteiba were, therefore, fragmented and served only to enrich one or another Arab leader by robbing the captured areas. The main reason for these successes was the political fragmentation of the country, very skillfully used by the Arabs in their interests. It should also be noted that the reason for the success of the caliphate troops was that at times they were able, using the contradictions between the Turkic nomads and the inhabitants of agricultural oases in Central Asia, to separate them and set them against each other.