Türgesh
Also known as Turgesh
The Türgesh or Türgish (; ; Old Tibetan: Du-rgyas) were a Turkic tribal confederation. Once belonging to the Duolu wing of the Western Turkic On Oq elites, Türgeshes emerged as an independent power after the demise of the Western Turks and established a khaganate in 699. The Türgesh Khaganate lasted until 766 when the Karluks defeated them. Türgesh and Göktürks were related through marriage.
Key facts
- Country.native_name
- 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰾
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Türgesh Khaganate
- Country.common_name
- Türgesh
- Country.era
- Early Middle Ages
- Country.status
- Khaganate
- Country.year_start
- 699
- Country.year_end
- 766
- Country.image_map2
- Türgesh Khaganate, borders.svg
- Country.image_map2_size
- 300px
- Country.image_map2_caption
- Approximate borders of Türgesh Khaganate (white line).
- Country.p1
- Western Turkic Khaganate
- Country.p2
- Second Turkic Khaganate
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Name
- Tribal composition
- Timeline
- Foundation of the Turgesh Khaganate
- Timeline of Suluk
- Kül-chor
- Legacy
- List of Türgesh Khagans
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
The Türgesh or Türgish (; ; Old Tibetan: Du-rgyas) were a Turkic tribal confederation. Once belonging to the Duolu wing of the Western Turkic On Oq elites, Türgeshes emerged as an independent power after the demise of the Western Turks and established a khaganate in 699. The Türgesh Khaganate lasted until 766 when the Karluks defeated them. Türgesh and Göktürks were related through marriage.
==Name== Tekin (1968) and Atwood (2013) etymologize the ethnonym Türgiş as containing a gentilic suffix -ş affixed onto the name of lake Türgi-Yarğun, which was mentioned in Kültegin inscription.