The Decisive Battles of World History

Lecture 9: 751 Talas & 1192 Tarain—Islam into Asia

x When India achieved independence from British rule in 1948,

these tensions resulted in the establishment of Muslim Pakistan as

separate from predominantly Hindu India, a national rivalry that

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Dunlop, “A New Source of Information on the Battle of Talas or Atlakh.”

Joglekar, Decisive Battles That India Lost.

Peers, Soldiers of the Dragon.

Sandhu, A Military History of Medieval India.

Verma and Verma, Decisive Battles of India through the Ages.

1. What do you think would have been the long-term historical
   consequences if the Tang had won the Battle of the Talas River?


2. How do you think the army of Mohamad of Ghor would compare with
   the other armies we have studied thus far in the course?

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