Qutaibah bin Muslim (Arabic: قتيبة بن مسلم) was an Arab commander of the Umayyad Caliphate army in the East, and made his greatest gains during the reign of Caliph Al-Walid I. Qutaibah bin Muslim belonged to the Bahila tribe.[1] He was appointed as Governor of Khurasan at the request of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf Governor of Iraq.[1]Previously he had distinguished himself as an excellent administrator of Rayy, Iran.[1] As Governor of Khurasan he did what no Arab governor before him had done; bring the Persian populace into the government and increase cooperation on a much larger scale with local chiefs. [1]Under his leadership the Arabs would conquer most of Mawara al-Nahr (Arabic: ما وراء النهر) or Central Asia and form administrative divisions and not only military garrisons as his predecessors had done.[1]
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Reconquest of Lower Tukharistan 705 CE
Conquest of Bukhara 706-709 CE
Sughd Campaign 710-712 CE
Expeditions beyond Syr Darya 713-715 CE
Aftermath
Despite his victories, he was jailed and executed in 715 CE, after the death of Caliph Al-Walid I, by the new Caliph, Suleiman. The reasoning behind this was political and likely because Suleiman saw Qutaibah as a threat or he felt that Qutaibah was among those who had tried to stop al-Walid from appointing Suleiman the next Caliph. Others have speculated that it was due to Qutaibah's good relationship with Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.
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