Qutayba ibn Muslim

Qutayba ibn Muslim

Abū Ḥafṣ Qutayba ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ Muslim ibn ʿAmr al-Bāhilī (Arabic: أبو حفص قتيبة بن أبي صالح مسلم بن عمرو الباهلي; 669–715/6) was an Arab commander of the Umayyad Caliphate who became governor of Khurasan and distinguished himself in the conquest of Transoxiana during the reign of al-Walid I (705–715). A capable soldier and administrator, he consolidated Muslim rule in the area and expanded the Caliphate's border to include most of Transoxiana. From 705 to c. 710, he consolidated Muslim control over the native principalities of Tokharistan and conquered the principality of Bukhara, while in 710–712 he conquered Khwarizm and completed the conquest of Sogdiana with the capture of Samarkand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Qutayba ibn Muslim has received more than 215,375 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Qutayba ibn Muslim is the 251st most popular military personnel (up from 313th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Iraq (up from 68th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Military Personnel.

Qutayba ibn Muslim was a Muslim general who conquered much of Iraq and Syria during the early years of the Muslim conquest.