The Karluks, the Oghuz and the Tahirids
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
List 3–4 reasons for the Caliphate’s weakening.
Uprisings, civil wars, stronger governors, local nobles’ drive for independence.
2
Compare the Karluk and Oghuz states (territory, capital, religion).
Karluks — Zhetysu, Suyab, mostly Muslim by the 10th century; Oghuz — Syr Darya/Aral, Yangikent, Islam from the 10th century.
3
Write the history of the Tahirid state with the dates 813, 821, 822, 873.
813 capture of Baghdad; 821 Tahir governor; 822 name removed from khutba; 873 Nishapur taken by the Saffarids.
4
Mark the lands of the Karluks, Oghuz and Tahirids in different colours on a map.
Zhetysu; Syr Darya–Aral; Khorasan (Nishapur).
5
What does the book say about the role of Karluks and Oghuz in the formation of later peoples?
Karluks played an important role in the ethnogenesis of Uzbeks and Tajiks, Oghuz in that of Turkmens, Azerbaijanis and Karakalpaks.