Asad also tried to secure the cooperation of the local elites by abolishing for a time the payment of taxes by the native converts (mawali), but this policy was opposed by the Khurasani Arabs themselves, and was reversed by Asad's successor Ashras ibn Abdallah al-Sulami.[20][21][22] This led to a general uprising of Transoxiana in 728, and with Türgesh military aid the Arabs were evicted from almost the entire region.