[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  El Errante [@elerrantenomad](/creator/twitter/elerrantenomad) on x 22.5K followers Created: 2025-07-17 07:15:27 UTC Qutayba ibn Muslim is often maligned as just another Umayyad enforcer, but in reality, he was far more pro-Khurasani and pro-local than many give him credit for. He built up regional armies, supported mawālī, resisted Syrian dominance, and tried to give Khurasan its own weight in the empire. In a way, he laid the groundwork for the Abbasid revolution that would later rise from those very lands. Also he mostly fought local Sogdian, Khwarezmian, and Turgesh (the only Turkic group) rebels during his push into Central Asia. Cities like Bukhara and Samarkand put up serious resistance, and the Turgesh threw in some cavalry support now and then but even they weren’t the dominant threat. In Allah’s ultimate wisdom, Qutayba never had to face the Oghuz, Karluk, or Kipchak Turks the true heavyweights of the steppes. If he had run into those tribes, he would’ve stood no chance. They were fierce nomadic warriors, far more mobile and battle-hardened than the city forces he faced. His downfall didn’t even come from an enemy on the battlefield. After Caliph al-Walid I died, Qutayba refused to pledge allegiance to the new caliph, Sulaymān ibn Abd al-Malik. He knew Sulaymān wasn’t his ally and feared being sidelined or killed. But instead of rallying Khurasani loyalty like he hoped, his own men either loyal to the Umayyads or just tired of him turned on him. They killed him near Fergana, ending the career of one of the most aggressive Umayyad generals, not by defeat in war, but by betrayal from within. XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [empire](/topic/empire) [dominance](/topic/dominance) [Post Link](https://x.com/elerrantenomad/status/1945744140366405655)
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El Errante @elerrantenomad on x 22.5K followers
Created: 2025-07-17 07:15:27 UTC
Qutayba ibn Muslim is often maligned as just another Umayyad enforcer, but in reality, he was far more pro-Khurasani and pro-local than many give him credit for.
He built up regional armies, supported mawālī, resisted Syrian dominance, and tried to give Khurasan its own weight in the empire. In a way, he laid the groundwork for the Abbasid revolution that would later rise from those very lands.
Also he mostly fought local Sogdian, Khwarezmian, and Turgesh (the only Turkic group) rebels during his push into Central Asia. Cities like Bukhara and Samarkand put up serious resistance, and the Turgesh threw in some cavalry support now and then but even they weren’t the dominant threat.
In Allah’s ultimate wisdom, Qutayba never had to face the Oghuz, Karluk, or Kipchak Turks the true heavyweights of the steppes. If he had run into those tribes, he would’ve stood no chance. They were fierce nomadic warriors, far more mobile and battle-hardened than the city forces he faced.
His downfall didn’t even come from an enemy on the battlefield. After Caliph al-Walid I died, Qutayba refused to pledge allegiance to the new caliph, Sulaymān ibn Abd al-Malik.
He knew Sulaymān wasn’t his ally and feared being sidelined or killed. But instead of rallying Khurasani loyalty like he hoped, his own men either loyal to the Umayyads or just tired of him turned on him.
They killed him near Fergana, ending the career of one of the most aggressive Umayyad generals, not by defeat in war, but by betrayal from within.
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