The armies of the Far West Anxi Protectorate of the Tang face down a force commanded by the ascendant Abbasid Islamic Caliphate, fresh off its victorious insurgency over the Umayyad Caliphate. But in this one and only clash between Chinese and Arab might, the ramifications for both will be felt long after the blood dries on the battlefield along the Talas River.

Time Period Covered:
May- September, 751

Major Historical Figures:
Tang Dynasty – Protectorate of Western Pacification
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (Li Longji)
Governor-General Fumeng Lingcha
Governor-General Gao Xianzhi (Go Seonji)
Bian Lingchen, Court Eunuch on Assignment to Anxi
Lieutenant Li Siye
Officer Duan Xiushi

Transoxiana:
Lesser Bolü Kingdom (Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan)
Shi Kingdom (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Turgesh Khannate
Karluk (Qarluq) Turks

Tibetan Empire

Abbasid Islamic Caliphate:
Governor Ziyad ibn Salih


Major Works Cited:
Bartold, Vasily (1928). Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion (Trans. T. Minorsky & C.E. Bosworth).
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