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The Day of Thirst refers to a battle that took place in 724 A.D. between the Turkic Türgesh Khaganate and the Umayyad Caliphate, located along the banks of the Syr Darya river in Transoxiana, which is present-day Tajikistan in Central Asia. In the mid-7th century, following the Arab invasions of Persia and Khurasan, the Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate also conquered the region of Transoxiana. The indigenous Iranian and Turkic populations, along with local autonomous rulers, resisted this domination. As evidenced in 719, the princes of Transoxiana appealed to the Chinese and their Türgesh vassals for military assistance against the governors of the Caliphate. In response, the Türgesh initiated a series of military campaigns against the Muslims in Transoxiana, starting in 720. These military actions coincided with local uprisings among the Sogdians against the Caliphate. The Umayyad governor of Khurasan quelled the unrest with wanton cruelty and re-established Muslim authority, except in the Ferghana Valley, which was lost. In 723, the newly appointed governor of the Caliphate planned an expedition aimed at reclaiming Ferghana the following year. During this campaign, as the Umayyad forces navigated through the Ferghana Valley, they learned that the Türgesh khagan Suluk was advancing with a larger army. Consequently, the Muslim army abandoned the siege and retreated so rapidly towards the south that it was reported they covered a distance in one day equivalent to three days of normal travel. As the Arabs continued their swift withdrawal to the Syr Darya, they were relentlessly pursued and harassed by the Türgesh cavalry. Ultimately, after 11 days, the Umayyad army reached the river, where they found themselves trapped between the Türgesh forces and the armies of the native Transoxianian principalities. Despite these challenges, the Arabs succeeded in breaking through and crossing the river to Khujand, albeit suffering significant losses. The defeat of the Arab forces, along with the significant casualties incurred, served as a catalyst for the near-total disintegration of Muslim authority in Transoxiana in the subsequent years. The Arab hope of crushing the Türgesh once and for all has miserably failed. This battle ultimately precipitated a widespread insurrection in Transoxiana in 728, and with the assistance of the Türgesh military, the Arabs were expelled from nearly the entire area. #History

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