Talas War (751)       

        Pursuant to the caliphate of Abbasi dynasty, the struggles carried out against the Turks slowed down and eventually ended like in other fronts. In the period when Abbasi people seized the power, the developments in the East caused to the formation of the Turkish-Arabian struggles with a new shape that continued for centuries. While the Turkish-Arabian struggles continued in the Transoxania, some of Turk Beys wanted help from China against this new enemy. China got the benefit of this invitation in order to establish dominion over Turkestan. Therefore, China started to expand towards the West with a large army in the year of 747. However, the severe stance of China and the murder of Bagatur Tudun who was the bey of Tashkent led the Turks to apply for the help of Ebu Muslim who was the governor of Khorasan connected to the Abbasi state. Ebu Muslim accepted this offer for help in advance and sent an army in the commandof Ziyad b. Salih against the China forces. Turk-Muslim allied forces fought confronted the China forces in the region near Alma-Ata of today on the banks of Talas stream in the year of 751. In the severe war that continued for five days in July 571, Chinese people suffered a lot of casualties and they retreated from the battlefield.

 

       Talas War is the turning point in Turk-Muslim relations. Upon this war, the wars that continued for centuries were substituted by the period of peace. From that date on, there were not severe wars between Turks and Arabians. Instead of the wars, the commercial relations developed and the religion of Islam started to get acquainted and diffused among the Turks.