The emergence of dahakna in Bukhara and their political situation before the Arab conquest

Alazmi, Mohammad

doi:10.21608/aafu.2025.312976.1611

The emergence of dahakna in Bukhara and their political situation before the Arab conquest

Document Type : Original Article

Author

mohammad alazmi

Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University

10.21608/aafu.2025.312976.1611

Abstract

The Dahakna layers is one of the aristocratic social layers that control agricultural lands and are close to the rulers in Transoxiana. and hold fiefdoms in those regions. The Arab conquerors aspired to conquer Transoxiana in general and Bukhara in particular, A desire to secure the furthest eastern Stomata, and at the same time because the DahaKna class embraced the worship of idols and deity. Which led to jihad, promoting the word of God, and breaking the burden of idols, paganism, and the worship of fire.
Dahakna appeared in Transoxiana and Bukhara before the Arab conquest of those regions, It can be asserted that they were the main rulers of the country, considering that agriculture, land ownership, and fiefdoms were an inexhaustible source of their financial wealth and social status. It can be asserted that they were the main rulers of the country, considering agriculture, land ownership, and fiefdoms An inexhaustible source of their financial wealth and social status In addition to having armies to support their military wealth, they possess many external capitalist characteristics, such as alliances with China and cooperation in, rebels and revolutionaries. This gained them penetration into the Transoxiana region.
After the Arab conquest, the Dahakna retained the freedom of worship and practiced their religious rituals with complete freedom, especially the Zoroastrian rituals, and the Christian and Jewish rituals. Gradually, the Dahakhans and the peasants who followed them began to convert to the Islamic religion.

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