While the Muslim army was scattered pillaging, the Turgesh khagan Suluk brought his army, allegedly 50,000 strong, from his capital Tokmok into Khuttal within 17 days.
It had a population of more than 80,900 people in 2011, made up mainly by Dusun (Kimaragang Dusun, Tobilung, and more), Rungus, Bajau, Orang Sungai, Suluk, and Chinese (mostly Hakka and Hokkien).
In winter 737 Suluk, along with his allies al-Harith, Gurak (a Turco-Sogdian leader) and men from Usrushana, Tashkent and Khuttal launched a final offensive.
After working as a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio announcer for a short period, Suluk gained election to the Canadian House of Commons at the 1984 federal election, representing the electoral district of Nunatsiaq (now Nunavut).