Yabghu

E901970

Yabghu was a high-ranking Turkic royal title, often held by semi-autonomous rulers or viceroys within larger steppe empires.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yabghu canonical 7
Khagan 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
associatedWith Turkic imperial administration ⓘ
nomadic polities ⓘ
tribal confederations ⓘ
culturalContext Turkic nomadic culture ⓘ
steppe aristocracy ⓘ
documentedIn Byzantine sources ⓘ
Chinese sources ⓘ
medieval Islamic sources ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Old Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Old Turkic language
governed subordinate tribes ⓘ
vassal territories ⓘ
positionInHierarchy above ordinary nobles ⓘ
below khagan ⓘ
high-ranking ⓘ
powerCharacteristics hereditary in some dynasties ⓘ
often semi-independent ⓘ
relatedTitle khagan ⓘ
shad ⓘ
tarkhan ⓘ
linked to: Tarkhan
sphereOfInfluence diplomacy ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
tax collection ⓘ
subordinateTo khagan ⓘ
linked to: Khagan
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
early medieval period ⓘ
typicalRole governor of frontier regions ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
provincial ruler ⓘ
semi-autonomous ruler ⓘ
viceroy ⓘ
usedBy Göktürks ⓘ
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate

Karluks ⓘ
linked to: Karluk Turks

Khazars ⓘ
linked to: Khazar Khaganate

Oghuz Turks ⓘ
linked to: Oghuz

Turkic peoples ⓘ
Western Turkic Khaganate ⓘ
linked to: Göktürk Khaganate
usedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
steppe empires ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Mongol imperial family → titleHeld → Khagan ⓘ
linked to: Yabghu
Bögü Qaghan → title → Khagan ⓘ
linked to: Yabghu
Ashina clan → titleUsed → Yabghu ⓘ
Bumin Qaghan → title → Yabghu ⓘ
İstemi Yabghu → title → Yabghu ⓘ
Yangikent → governedByTitle → Yabghu ⓘ