Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom

Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom
甘州回鶻
894–1036
Location of Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom
StatusKingdom
CapitalGanzhou (Zhangye)
Common languagesOld Uyghur language
Middle Chinese
Religion
Manichaeism (official; 894 - c. 980), later Buddhism
GovernmentMonarchy
Idiqut 
History 
• Established
894
• Disestablished
1036
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Uyghur Khaganate
Western Xia
Today part ofChina

The Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom (traditional Chinese: 甘州回鶻; simplified Chinese: 甘州回鹘; pinyin: Gānzhōu Huíhú), also referred to as the Hexi Uyghurs, was established in 894 around Ganzhou in modern Zhangye.[1][2] The kingdom lasted from 894 to 1036; during that time, many of Ganzhou's residents converted to Buddhism.[3]

The Hexi Corridor, located within modern Gansu, was traditionally a Chinese inroad into Central Asia. From the 9th to 11th centuries this area was shared between the Ganzhou Uyghurs and the Guiyi Circuit. By the early 11th century both the Uyghurs and Guiyi Circuit were conquered by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty.[4]

The Ganzhou Uyghur rulers were descended from the House of Yaglakar.[5]

  1. ^ Golden 2011, p. 47.
  2. ^ Millward 2007, p. 46.
  3. ^ Bosworth 2000, p. 70.
  4. ^ Bell, Connor Joseph. The Uyghur Transformation in Medieval Inner Asia: From Nomadic Turkic Tradition to Cultured Mongol Administrators. pp. 65–69. ISBN 9780549807957. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference knowledge was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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