The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Baggage ( ) was fought Hostile_encounter between the forces Military_operation of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Turkic Türgesh tribes in September/October 737 .

The Umayyads under the governor of Khurasan , Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri , had invaded Attack the principality of Khuttal in Transoxiana , and the local ruler Control called Request upon the Türgesh for aid Assistance .

The Umayyad army retreated Escaping in haste before the Türgesh arrived Arriving , managing Control to cross Motion_directional the Oxus river just in time , while their rearguard Collaboration engaged Participation the pursuing Türgesh .

The Umayyad army retreated Escaping in haste before the Türgesh arrived Arriving , managing Control to cross Motion_directional the Oxus river just in time , while their rearguard Collaboration engaged Participation the pursuing Türgesh .

The Türgesh crossed Motion_directional immediately after , and attacked Attack the exposed Muslim baggage train , which had been sent Sending ahead , and captured Conquering it .

The failure Earnings_and_losses of the Umayyad campaign Military_operation meant Statement the complete collapse of the Arab control Control in the Upper Oxus valley , and opened Openness Khurasan itself to the Türgesh .

The `` Day of Thirst '' ( , `` Yawm al-aṭash '' ) is the name Name_conferral traditionally given in Name_conferral Arabic historiography to a battle fought Hostile_encounter in 724 between the Turkic Türgesh khaganate and the Umayyad Caliphate on the banks of the river Jaxartes , in Transoxiana ( in modern Tajikistan , Central Asia ) .

The Umayyad army , under Muslim ibn Sa'id al-Kilabi , was campaigning in the Ferghana Valley when it learned Education_teaching of the Türgesh advance .

Immediately , the Arabs began Process_start a hasty retreat Escaping to the Jaxartes , pursued Self_motion and harassed Hindering by the Türgesh cavalry .

Finally , after 11 days , the Umayyad army reached Arriving the Jaxartes , where it was caught between the Türgesh and the forces of the native Transoxianian principalities .

740 remained Presence disputed territory , with both the Arabs and the Türgesh fighting Hostile_encounter for control Control over it .

The Siege of Kamarja was fought Hostile_encounter in 729 between the Arab Muslims of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Türgesh khaganate , along with its Soghdian allies .

The Umayyad conquest of Transoxiana had been undone in the 720s by the uprisings of the local Soghdian princes and the Türgesh invasions Attack .

By 729 , the small fortress of Kamarja near Samarkand ( in modern Uzbekistan ) was one of the last remaining Presence Arab strongholds in Transoxiana , when it was attacked Attack by the Türgesh under the personal direction of their ruler , Suluk .

It was only following Self_motion the collapse of the Türgesh khaganate after 738 that the Arabs re-established Recovering their rule over Transoxiana .