Battle of Arbijan

The Battle of Arbijan was a battle that led the Umayyads to defeat the Göktürks and capture Samarkand. In 712, when the Umayyads attacked Samarkand, a Göktürk vassal the city's leader Ghurak, requested help from the Göktürks. The Göktürks accepted the request for help and sent an army led by Inel Qaghan against the Umayyad army that was besieging Samarkand. Qutayba bin Muslim, who was aware of the situation, immediately sent an army to defeat the Turks, and this army organized a night raid and defeated the Gokturks. This defeat is mentioned in the Gokturk inscriptions as "brave soldiers attacked us". At the end of the battle, the Arabs captured Samarkand and they managed to expel the Gokturks from Transoxian