For five days, the mighty armies clashed.
When the Qarluq Turks came in on the Arab side several days into the fighting, the Tang army's doom was sealed. Chinese sources imply that the Qarluqs had been fighting for them, but treacherously switched sides midway through the battle.
Arab records, on the other hand, indicate that the Qarluqs were already allied with the Abbasids prior to the conflict. The Arab account seems more likely since the Qarluqs suddenly mounted a surprise attack on the Tang formation from the rear.
Some modern Chinese writings about the battle still exhibit a sense of outrage at this perceived betrayal by one of the Tang Empire's minority peoples. Whatever the case, the Qarluq attack signaled the beginning of the end for Kao Hsien-chih's army.
Point of view from Turkey TDDB:
Clash of religions (Buddhist/Confucian Asia and Muslim Asia) and victory of Islam in central asia
Gao Xian-zhi made a big political mistake. He ordered the execution of the Turkish ruler of Shash, a decision that caused a very negative reaction from the rulers of Central Asia, who previously considered the Arabs a dangerous force for themselves. As a result, when the governor of the Umayyad Caliph Abu Muslim Ziyad ibn Salih sent a strong detachment of Yemeni Arabs to fight the Chinese, he was joined by Sogdian and Turkish troops.
the Battle of Talas ended the westward expansion of the Tang Empire and, more broadly, their chances of creating a world empire. However, the Arabs, who suffered significant losses in this battle, dared to move east.
The Battle of Talas and Abu Muslim's "eastern policy" can be said to have gone down in history as a decisive factor in the Islamization of the political elite of Central Asia and the introduction of the cultural values of Muslim civilization.
About the Tang Empire. In other words, after the defeat at the Talas River, they abandoned the idea of advancing their borders to the West.
As a result of the Battle of Talas, the Karluks established an independent state, and the Uyghurs restored their state in East Turkestan.
One of the important consequences of the victory was the beginning of paper production in the city of Samarkand, since among the Chinese captives were craftsmen who knew the secrets of making silk paper. These secrets, which had been kept in strict confidence until then, reached Central Asia.
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