Tang campaign against Karakhoja
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The Tang campaign against Karakhoja, known as Gaochang in Chinese sources, was a military campaign in 640 CE conducted by Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty against the Tarim Basin kingdom of Karakhoja, based in the city of Turfan in Xinjiang. The Western Turks provided their ally Karakhoja with soldiers, but the army retreated when the Tang forces arrived. Karakhoja surrendered and the kingdom was incorporated as a Tang prefecture.
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Conquest of Karakhoja | |||||||
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Part of Tang campaign against the oasis states | |||||||
Map of the campaigns against the oasis states of the Tarim Basin, including the defeat of Karakhoja | |||||||
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Tang dynasty |
Karakhoja Western Turkic Khaganate | ||||||
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Hou Junji Xue Wanjun Qibi Heli |
Qu Wentai Qu Zhisheng (POW) Qu Zhizhan (POW) |
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