Tang dynasty battles with the caliphate

[retaxis]

Overwhelming majority of the rebellion army were foreign soldiers (胡人和汉化胡人) and foreignized Chinese (胡化汉人) came from the border regions.

Yeah that's why we should be wary of giving very important positions to ethnic minorities like Tibetans incase they decide to betray us.

 

[ety]

Yes he himself was a Turk Chinese who seeked to become emperor of China.

I should more accurately say the loss of the battle of Talas was one of the reasons indirectly culminated in The An Shi Rebellion few years later.

 

[Waz]

Yes it huge role in spreading islam in central asia for sure.

Many Chinese muslims also spread islam to south east asia as well.

Would these be the Hui?