Timeline of the Türgesh
This is a timeline of the Türgesh.
7th century
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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699 | Üch Elig establishes the Turgesh Khaganate[1] |
8th century
[edit]Year | Date | Event |
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703 | The Turgesh captured Suyab from the Tang dynasty[2] | |
706 | Üch Elig is succeeded by his son Saqal[3] | |
708 | Üch Elig's successor Saqal attacks Qiuci (Kucha)[1] | |
709 | Saqal inflicts a defeat on the Tang dynasty[4] | |
711 | Battle of Bolchu: Qapaghan Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate defeats Saqal and kills him, forcing the Turgesh to flee south to Zhetysu[5] | |
717 | Battle of Aksu: Saqal's successor Suluk leads Arabs, Tibetans, and Turgesh against the Tang in Aksu and is defeated[6] | |
719 | Suluk captures Suiye (Suyab)[5] | |
720 | Suluk inflicts a defeat on the Umayyad Caliphate[7] | |
722 | Suluk concludes a marriage alliance with the Tang dynasty and gains Princess Jiaohe[7] | |
724 | Day of Thirst: Suluk inflicts a defeat on the Umayyad Caliphate[8] | |
726 | Suluk attacks Qiuci (Kucha)[5] | |
727 | Suluk and the Tibetan Empire attack Qiuci (Kucha)[5] | |
728 | Suluk aids the Sogdians in revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate[8] | |
731 | Battle of the Defile: Suluk attacks the Umayyad Caliphate[9] | |
735 | Suluk attacks Ting Prefecture (Jimsar County)[10] | |
737 | Battle of Kharistan: Suluk is defeated by the Umayyad Caliphate and killed by his relative Kül-chor[5] | |
740 | Kül-chor submits to the Tang dynasty but later rebels anyway[5][7] | |
744 | Kül-chor is defeated by the Tang dynasty and executed[11] | |
748 | The Tang dynasty recaptures Suyab and destroys it[12] | |
750 | The Turgesh-Chach alliance is defeated by the Tang dynasty[11] | |
766 | The Karluks annex Turgesh land in Zhetysu[13] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bregel 2003, p. 16.
- ^ Wang 2013, p. 158.
- ^ Yu. Zuev, "Early Türks: Essays on history and ideology", Almaty, Daik-Press, 2002, p. 207, 209, 239, ISBN 9985-4-4152-9
- ^ Golden 1992, p. 139.
- ^ a b c d e f Bregel 2003, p. 18.
- ^ Beckwith 1987, p. 88-89.
- ^ a b c Golden 1992, p. 140.
- ^ a b Asimov 1998, p. 25.
- ^ Shaban 1979, p. 113.
- ^ Bregel 2003, p. 19.
- ^ a b Golden 1992, p. 141.
- ^ Asimov 1998, p. 31.
- ^ Asimov 1998, p. 33.
Bibliography
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- Barfield, Thomas (1989), The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China, Basil Blackwell
- Beckwith, Christopher I (1987), The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the Early Middle Ages, Princeton University Press
- Bregel, Yuri (2003), An Historical Atlas of Central Asia, Brill
- Golden, Peter B. (1992), An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples: Ethnogenesis and State-Formation in Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia and the Middle East, OTTO HARRASSOWITZ · WIESBADEN
- Millward, James (2009), Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, Columbia University Press
- Shaban, M. A. (1979), The ʿAbbāsid Revolution, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-29534-3
- Wang, Zhenping (2013), Tang China in Multi-Polar Asia: A History of Diplomacy and War, University of Hawaii Press
- Xiong, Victor (2008), Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, United States of America: Scarecrow Press, Inc., ISBN 978-0810860537
- Xue, Zongzheng (薛宗正). (1992). Turkic peoples (突厥史). Beijing: 中国社会科学出版社. ISBN 978-7-5004-0432-3; OCLC 28622013