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Tang Administration of the Western Regions

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 640–648

From 640 to 648 CE, the Tang destroyed Gaochang and Karashahr, defeated Kucha, and set up the Anxi Protectorate, pushing its rule north and south of …

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  1. 640Gaochang (Jiaohe, Turpan) · XinjiangGaochang's king Qu Wentai allied with the Western Turks and blocked Tang access to the Western Regions; Taizong ordered Hou Junji and Qibi Heli to campaign west, besieging Jiaohe; Qu Wentai died of illness, Gaochang surrendered, and the Tang established Xizhou and the Anxi Protectorate.
  2. 644Karashahr · XinjiangKarashahr's king Long Tuqizhi rebelled against the Tang and allied with the Western Turks; Guo Xiaoke took Karashahr and captured its king, bringing it under the Anxi Protectorate and establishing a Tang military foothold in the central Western Regions.
  3. 648Kucha (Kuqa) · XinjiangKucha's king Su-fa-pi-duo sided with the Western Turks against the Tang; Ashina She'er, Guo Xiaoke and others took the Kucha capital and captured its king, the Anxi Protectorate seat moved to Kucha, and the states north and south of the Tianshan successively submitted, initially forming the Tang's Western Regions order.

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