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In "Lost Enlightenment", the Arab conquest of Khorasan and Transoxiana under Qutayba is characterized as brutal and accompanied by massive intentional cultural destruction (eg, book burnings). Is this accurate?

by /u/Tiako in /r/AskHistorians

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