Kara-Khanid Khanate

Kara-Khanid Khanate
840–1212
Kara Khanid Khanate, c. 1000.
Capital		Balasagun Kashgar Samarkand
Languages		Turkic Arabic Persian (poetry)
Religion		Tengrism (840–934) Islam (934–1212)
Government		Monarchy
Khagan, Khan
•	840–893 (first)	Bilge Kul Qadir-Khan
•	1204–1212 (last)	Uthman Ulugh-Sultan
History
•	Established	840
•	Disestablished	1212
Area
•	1025 est.	3,000,000 km² (1,158,306 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Karluks Samanids Kingdom of Khotan Khwarazmian dynasty Qara Khitai
Today part of		Afghanistan  China  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan

in Anatolia
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in Azerbaijan
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Ildenizid dynasty
in Egypt
Tulunid dynasty
Ikhshidid dynasty
in Fars
Salghurid dynasty
in The Levant
Burid dynasty
Zengid dynasty
in Yemen
Rasulid dynasty

The Kara-Khanid Khanate (Persian: قراخانیان‎, translit. Qarākhānīyān‎, Chinese: 黑汗, 桃花石) was a Turkic dynasty that ruled in Transoxania in Central Asia, ruled by a dynasty known in literature as the Karakhanids (also spelt Qarakhanids) or Ilek Khanids (Persian: ایلک خانیان‎, translit. Ilak-Khānīyān‎) or Āl-e Afrāsiyāb (Persian: آل افراسیاب‎, translit. Āl-i Afrāsiyāb, lit. 'House of Afrisyab'‎ ). Both the dynastic names of Karakhanids and Ilek Khanids refer to royal titles with Kara Kağan being the most important Turkish title up till the end of the dynasty.