PREFACE
I. INTRODUCTION THE OXUS BASIN
Early History.
Political Divisions.
The Arabic Sources.
II. THE EARLY RAIDS
The Conquest of Lower T ukhāristān.
The First Invasion of Bukhārā and S ughd.
The Withdrawal of the Arabs.
III. THE CONQUESTS OF QUTAYBA
The recovery of Lower T ukhāristān.
The Conquest of Bukhārā.
Consolidation and Advance.
The Expeditions into the Jaxartes Provinces.
IV. THE TURKISH COUNTERSTROKE.
V. THE RECONQUEST OF TRANSOXANIA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHIEF WORKS CITED.
A. Oriental Authorities.
B. European Works.
