Basmyl
Sign in to saveThe Basmyls (Basmyl; Basmals, Basmils, , , Middle Chinese ZS: *bˠɛt̚-siɪt̚-miɪt̚/mˠiɪt̚/miᴇ; or as 弊剌 Bìlà, MC *bjiejH-lat) were a 7th- to 8th-century Turkic nomadic tribe who mostly inhabited the Dzungaria region in the northwest of modern-day China.
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- History
- Etymology
- Khaganate period
- Rule Under Türgesh Khaganate
- Second Turkic Kaganate
- Uyghur period
- Religion
- Modern history
- Basyz
- See also
- References
The Basmyls (Basmyl; Basmals, Basmils, , , Middle Chinese ZS: *bˠɛt̚-siɪt̚-miɪt̚/mˠiɪt̚/miᴇ; or as 弊剌 Bìlà, MC *bjiejH-lat) were a 7th- to 8th-century Turkic nomadic tribe who mostly inhabited the Dzungaria region in the northwest of modern-day China.
Originally a forest people, the Basmyls eventually grew in importance and played a prominent role in the Turkic politics from the 6th century. Basmyl supreme leaders were the first to use the term Ydyk-kut, which replaced khagan; Qocho Uyghur rulers of Turpan likewise titled themselves Ydyk-kuts. The title contains two components: the first component Ïdïq/Ydyk means "[heaven]-sent, sacred"; the second component kut/qut in the title is often found in Old Turkic onomastics and titulature and has the lexical meaning "grace" or "blessing".