Ordu-Baliq

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Ordu-Baliq was the principal royal and administrative city of the Uyghur Khaganate, serving as a major political and cultural center in Central Asia during the early Middle Ages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ordu-Baliq canonical 5
Ordu-Balik 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ
alternateName Khar Balgas ⓘ
Kharbalgas ⓘ
Ordu Balik ⓘ
Ordu-Balik ⓘ
linked to: Ordu-Baliq
capitalOf Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
country Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
culture Uyghur culture ⓘ
destroyedBy Kirghiz ⓘ
linked to: Kyrgyz people
destroyedInCentury 9th century ⓘ
excavatedBy archaeologists from Mongolia ⓘ
archaeologists from Russia ⓘ
excavatedSinceCentury 20th century ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
foundedAroundYear 744 ⓘ
foundedBy Bayanchur Khan ⓘ
Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
foundedInCentury 8th century ⓘ
hasFeature administrative buildings ⓘ
citadel ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
religious buildings ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
heritageStatus important archaeological heritage of Mongolia ⓘ
historicalEra Early Middle Ages ⓘ
medieval Central Asia ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist monuments ⓘ
Manichaean monuments ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
planned urban layout ⓘ
temples ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Old Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Old Turkic language
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Orkhon Valley ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Mongolia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Orkhon River ⓘ
meaningOfName royal city ⓘ
near Karakorum ⓘ
partOf Orkhon cultural landscape ⓘ
religionsPracticed Buddhism ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Tengrism ⓘ
servedAs administrative center of the Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
cultural center of the Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
political center of the Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
royal city of the Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uyghur Khaganate → capital → Ordu-Baliq ⓘ
Ordu-Baliq → alternateName → Ordu-Balik ⓘ
linked to: Ordu-Baliq
Khar Balgas → nearbySettlement → Ordu-Baliq ⓘ
Kirghiz Khaganate → capital → Ordu-Baliq ⓘ
Bayanchur Khan → capital → Ordu-Baliq ⓘ