with 4000 prisoners from the city. Qutayba ordered for one thousand of these prisoners to be placed by his right, one thousand by his left, one thousand behind him and one thousand in front of him. He then told his soldiers to behead each prisoner in order. All battle-aged men were also ordered to be killed, and all women made concubines. 40,000 people were killed in the Talkan massacre. On a 24 kilometer path which had trees on both sides, most of the men were hung from those trees. Islam later spread in the region and those who did not leave their religion were counted as "infidels". Qutayba sent one-fifth of the girls and women left behind from the massacre to be assigned to the caliph as concubines, the remainder was divided among the soldiers. He also had 80 leaders who had been taken prisoner and handcuffed on their hands and feet sent to Hajjaj as a gift. After the death of Qutayba in 715, the Islamic conquests in Talkan were briefly stopped. Curcan massacre When the people of Curcan revolted and defeat the Arab soldiers. After a 7-month battle, Curcan falls. The leader and soldiers in the leader's castle are taken prisoner. Arabs then commit a massacre in the city of Curcan, with same policies as the one in Talkan. Thousands of prisoners were dragged to a nearby river. They were slaughtered until the river turned red from their blood. After all women remaining from the massacre were made into concubines for the commanders and caliph, the rest are shared among the soldiers. A bit less than 40,000 Turks were killed in the Curcan massacre as well. Losses In total, over 100,000 Turkic peoples were massacred and more than 50,000 Turkic youth and women were made slaves and concubines. Cities were plundered, and all the valuables had been taken. Most "un-Islamic" monuments had been destroyed. Qutayba's soldiers reportedly chanted "Shariah knows no words" throughout the massacres. References Islamization Persecution of Turkic peoples