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==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Muslim conquest of Transoxiana#Umayyad–Türgesh Wars|Umayyad conquest of Transoxiana]]: The first [[Turgesh]] attack on [[Arab Muslims|Muslim-Arabs]] in [[Transoxiana]] leads to the [[Relief of Qasr al-Bahili|siege and relief]] of the Umayyad [[garrison]] at the fortress of Qasr al-Bahili, near [[Samarkand]] (or [[721]]).
* [[Yazid ibn al-Muhallab]], former governor of [[Iraq]], revolts and is defeated at [[Basra]], by [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] forces under [[Al-Abbas ibn al-Walid]] and [[Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik]]. He is arrested and later executed.
* [[February 10]] &ndash; Caliph [[Umar II]] is poisoned by a [[Domestic worker|servant]], and dies in [[Aleppo]] ([[Syria]]) after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by his cousin [[Yazid II]]. 
* The Umayyad Caliphate reaches its greatest extent in Spain, controlling all of it except a small region in the north controlled by the [[Kingdom of Asturias]].