Uyghur Khaganate

Uyghur Khaganate
𐱃𐰆𐰴𐰕:𐰆𐰍𐰕:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣
*Toquz Oγuz budun*
Uyghur Khaganate 𐱃𐰆𐰴𐰕:𐰆𐰍𐰕:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣; Toquz Oγuz budun
744–840
	Tamga of the Yaglakar clan
	SIND 800 UYGHUR KHAGANATE GURJARA-; PRATIHARAS RASHTRA-; KUTAS PALA; EMPIRE CHAM-; PA NAN-; ZHAO TURK; SHAHIS TANG; DYNASTY SILLA Khitans Jurchens Tungus KARLUK; YABGHU Tatars CHENLA DVARA-; VATI SRIVIJAYA Kyrgyzs Paleo-Siberians Samoyeds Kimeks Tanguts Shatuos ABBASID CALIPHATE KHAZAR; KHAGANATE BYZANTINE; EMPIRE OGHUZ-; YABGUS TIBETAN; EMPIRE ◁ ▷ Territory of the Uyghur Khaganate (745–850), and main contemporary polities in continental Asia.
Status	Khaganate (Nomadic empire)
Capital	Ötüken; Ordu-Baliq (later);
Common languages	Old Uyghur; Middle Chinese;
Religion	Manichaeism (official); Tengrism; Buddhism;
Government	Monarchy
Khagan
• 744–747	Qutlugh Bilge Köl (first)
• 841–847	Enian Qaghan (last)
History
• Established	744
• Disestablished	840
Area
800	3,100,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi)
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Second Turkic Khaganate
Kara-Khanid Khanate
Gansu Uyghur Kingdom
Kingdom of Qocho
Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate

The Uyghur Khaganate (also Uyghur Empire or Uighur Khaganate, self defined as Toquz-Oghuz country;^[5]^[6]^[7] Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰆𐰴𐰕:𐰆𐰍𐰕:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣, romanized: Toquz Oγuz budun, lit. 'Nine clan people', Tang-era names, with modern Hanyu Pinyin: traditional Chinese: 回鶻; simplified Chinese: 回鹘; pinyin: Huíhú or traditional Chinese: 回紇; simplified Chinese: 回纥; pinyin: Huíhé) was a Turkic empire^[8] that existed for about a century between the mid 8th and 9th centuries. It was a tribal confederation under the Orkhon Uyghur (回鶻) nobility, referred to by the Chinese as the Jiu Xing ("Nine Clans"), a calque of the name Toquz Oghuz or Toquz Tughluq.^[9]

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