Qutayba ibn Muslim al-Bahili

Qutayba ibn Muslim al-Bahili (died 96 AH / 715 M) adalah salah satu yang terbesar military panglimas dari Umayyah Khalifahate, conqueror dari Transoxiana (Mawarannahr) yang pushed frontiers dari Islamic empire ke borders dari China dan India. Ia berkhidmat sebagai under al-hajiaj ibn Yusuf, governor dari Irak, yang appointed him ke lead eastern campaigns.

He conducted systematic, cemerlang series dari military campaigns over sekitar dekade yang brought Bukhara, Samarqand, Khwarizm, Ferghana, Shash (Tashkent), dan Sogdian territories ke dalam Islamic domain. His campaigns adalah among most geographically significant di Islamic military history, opening Asia Tengah ke Islam — region yang akan become one dari most important centers dari peradaban Islam, producing para ulama like al-Bukhari, al-Tirmidhi, dan later Timur.

He reportedly reached as far as Kashgar pada borders dari Tang China. A diplomatic encounter between Muslim dan Chinese forces selama his campaigns adalah recorded di both Chinese dan Arabic sources. His military successes established Muslim hegemony over Silk Road trade routes melalui Asia Tengah.

Ia adalah killed oleh his own troops setelah al-hajiaj's death dan subsequent change di khalifahal otoritas. When Khalifah Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik came ke power dan al-hajiaj's allies fell dari favor, Qutayba ibn Muslim attempted ke declare independence di Khurasan, but his soldiers refused ke follow him di rebellion against khalifah dan ia adalah killed oleh them di 96 AH near Ferghana. His campaigns nonetheless permanently changed religious dan cultural landscape dari Asia Tengah.