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Name: Uyghur Khaganate

Type: Polity

Start: 745 AD

End: 840 AD

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Kutlug I Bilge Kagan of Uyghurs allied himself with the Karluks and Basmyls. In 744 Kutlug seized Ötüken and beheaded the last Göktürk Qaghan, Ozmish Qaghan, creating the Uyghur Khanate that succeeded the Second Turkic Khaganate.

Establishment


  • January 745: Kutlug I Bilge Kagan of Uyghurs allied himself with the Karluks and Basmyls, and defeated the Göktürks. In 744 Kutlug seized Ötüken and beheaded the last Göktürk qaghan, Ozmish Qaghan. He then established the Uyghur Khaganate.
  • Chronology


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    1. China-Tibet Wars


    Were the many wars fought by the Chinese Tang Empire and the Tibetan Empire.

    1.1.17th war with Tibet

    Was the seventeenth war between the Tang Dynasty of China and the Tibetan Empire.

  • January 782: Tang forces reconquered Yizhou from the Tibetans.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 749: In 748, the Tang recaptured Suiye and destroyed it.

  • January 767: Conflict with the Türgesh, whom they defeated and conquered in 766.

  • January 801: The Tatar Confederation was one of the five major tribal confederations (khanlig) in the Mongolian Plateau in the 12th century. The Tatar confederation was established in the 8th century.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 841: In 839/40, the Abbasid Caliphate's governor Nuh captured Isfijab from the pagan Turks in the steppe. Nuh was a prominent military leader during the Abbasid era, known for his successful campaigns against various nomadic tribes in the region.
  • January 841: By the 9th century, the Kyrgyz had asserted dominance over the Uyghurs who had previously ruled.
  • January 841: Independence of the Karluks from the Uyghurs.
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