Talas
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Talas (Chinese: 塔拉斯) may refer to:
Related to the place
[edit]- The Battle of Talas, 751 AD, culminative military encounter between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Tang Dynasty, sometimes considered to be a turning point for the eventual Islamization of the Turkic Peoples.
- Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan
- Talas, Kyrgyzstan
- Talas Alatau, a mountain range
- Talas (river), in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
- Talas, also known as Taraz (Chinese: 塔拉茲), Kazakhstan
- Talas, Kayseri, Turkey
Other uses
[edit]- Talas (name), list of people with the name
- Talas alphabet, a Turkic script
- Talas, an American rock band featuring Billy Sheehan
- VIA Talas, a former Yugoslav New Wave band
- Tropical Storm Talas, the name of several storms
- Talas, a character in the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise
- Talas, deity of Albanian mythology