Uyghur Kaganate

Uyghur Khaganate
744–840
The Uyghur Khaganate at its greatest extent
Capital		Ordu Baliq
Languages		Old Uyghur language
Religion		Tengrism, Manicheism, Buddhism
Government		Monarchy
Uyghur Khagans
•	744–747	Qutlugh Bilge Köl
•	841–847	Öge Khan
History
•	Established	744
•	Disestablished	840
Area
•	800	3,100,000 km² (1,196,917 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Turkic Khaganate Kara-Khanid Khanate Gansu Uyghur Kingdom Kingdom of Qocho
Today part of		Mongolia  China  Kazakhstan  Russia

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The Uyghur Khaganate (or Uyghur Empire or Uighur Khaganate or Toquz Oghuz Country) (Modern Uyghurئورخۇن ئۇيغۇر خانلىقى), (Tang era names, with modern Hanyu Pinyin: traditional Chinese: 回鶻; simplified Chinese: 回鹘; pinyin: Huíhú or traditional Chinese: 回紇; simplified Chinese: 回纥; pinyin: Huíhé) was a Turkic empire that existed for about a century between the mid 8th and 9th centuries. They were a tribal confederation under the Orkhon Uyghur (回鶻) nobility, referred to by the Chinese as the Jiu Xing ("Nine Clans"), a calque of the name Toquz Oghuz or Toquz Tughluq.

In the Gobi, the Tang dynasty was supported by the Uighurs after the Uighurs left the control of the Western Turks due to the defeat by the Western Turks by Tang Taizong. In 627-628 a revolt of the Uighurs against the Turkic Khaganate weakened the Turks and the Turkic Uighurs fought against the Tibetans and Turks in alliance with the Chinese.