Kirghiz Khaganate

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The Kirghiz Khaganate was a medieval Turkic nomadic empire in Central Asia that rose to prominence in the 9th century after overthrowing the Uyghur Khaganate and controlling key stretches of the Eurasian steppe.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kyrgyz Khaganate 2
Kirghiz Khaganate canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic empire ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
khaganate ⓘ
basedOn Yenisei Kyrgyz tribal union ⓘ
capital Ordu-Baliq ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culture Turkic steppe culture ⓘ
diplomaticRelations Tang dynasty ⓘ
other steppe polities ⓘ
economy horse breeding ⓘ
pastoral nomadism ⓘ
tribute and trade ⓘ
endTime 10th century ⓘ
ethnicContinuity modern Kyrgyz people ⓘ
linked to: Kyrgyz people
ethnicGroup Yenisei Kyrgyz ⓘ
floruit 9th century ⓘ
follows Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
nomadic monarchy ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Khagan ⓘ
linked to: Kağan
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Inner Asia ⓘ
linked to: Central Asia
inConflict Tang dynasty ⓘ
Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people

Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
language Old Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Old Turkic language
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
Minusinsk Basin ⓘ
Sayan Mountains ⓘ
Yenisei River basin ⓘ
military cavalry-based army ⓘ
notableEvent destruction of the Uyghur capital Ordu-Baliq in 840 ⓘ
partOf Eurasian steppe empires ⓘ
politicalStructure tribal confederation ⓘ
predecessor Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
recognizedBy Tang dynasty China ⓘ
linked to: Tang dynasty
region Central Asia ⓘ
religion Tengrism ⓘ
sourceOfName Kyrgyz people ⓘ
startTime 840 ⓘ
successor regional Turkic principalities in southern Siberia ⓘ
territoryIncludes parts of modern-day Khakassia ⓘ
parts of modern-day Mongolia ⓘ
parts of modern-day Tuva ⓘ
parts of southern Siberia ⓘ
uses runiform Turkic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Uyghur Khaganate → followedBy → Kirghiz Khaganate ⓘ
Kyrgyz people → historicalPolity → Kyrgyz Khaganate ⓘ
linked to: Kirghiz Khaganate
Yenisei inscriptions → culturalContext → Kyrgyz Khaganate ⓘ
linked to: Kirghiz Khaganate