Turgesh Khaganate

Turgesh Khaganate was a state in Kazakh steppe and Semirechye (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 699 to 766 CE, about 67 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

A Turkic tribal state of Semirechye whose khagan Suluk fought the Arab armies in Transoxiana in the 720s and 730s. The Karluks took over its lands.

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Facts

Dates

699 to 766 CE

Duration

67 years

Type

State

Region

Kazakh steppe and Semirechye, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Suyab

Came from

• Western Turkic Khaganate 603 to 742 CE

Became

• Karluk Yabghu c. 756 to 940 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 732 Orkhon inscriptions raised
• 751 Battle of Talas
• 762 Uyghur khagan adopts Manichaeism

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Kingdom of Khotan c. 200 BCE to 1006 CE
• Western Turkic Khaganate 603 to 742 CE
• Uyghur Khaganate 744 to 840 CE
• Second Turkic Khaganate 682 to 744 CE
• Kingdom of Kucha c. 100 BCE to 840 CE
• Afrighid dynasty c. 305 to 995 CE
• Yenisei Kyrgyz c. 550 to 1207 CE
• Oghuz Yabgu State c. 750 to 1055 CE
• Kimek Khaganate c. 743 to 1035 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE, Middle East
• Tang dynasty 618 to 907 CE, East Asia

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