Türgesh
The Türgesh or Türgish (Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰾:𐰉𐰆𐰑, romanized: Türügeš budun, lit. 'Türgesh people'; simplified Chinese: 突骑施; traditional Chinese: 突騎施; pinyin: Tūqíshī; Wade–Giles: T'u-ch'i-shih; 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.
Türgesh Khaganate 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰾 | |||||||||||||
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| 699–766 | |||||||||||||
Approximate territory of the Second Turkic Khaganate and main contemporary Asian polities, c. 720 | |||||||||||||
Approximate borders of Türgesh Khaganate (white line). | |||||||||||||
| Status | Khaganate | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Taraz Suyab | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Old Turkic | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Tengrism | ||||||||||||
| Türgesh Kagans | |||||||||||||
• 699–706 | Üch Elig | ||||||||||||
• c. 750–766 | Ata Boyla Qaghan | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Established | 699 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 766 | ||||||||||||
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