Western Turkic Kaghanate

Onoq ("Ten Arrows") Western Turkic Khaganate
Khaganate
581–657
Greatest extent of the Western Turkic Khaganate after the Battle of Bukhara
Capital		Navekat (summer capital) Suyab (principal capital)
Languages		Turkic
Religion		Tengrism
Political structure		Khaganate
Historical era		Early Middle Ages
•	Turkic Khaganate founded	552
•	Göktürk civil war, Western Turkic Khaganate founded	581
•	Conquest by Tang dynasty	657
Area
•	630	3,500,000 km2 (1,400,000 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Turkic Khaganate Protectorate General to Pacify the West Turgesh Oghuz Yabgu State Khazar Khaganate

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The Western Turkic Khaganate or Onoq Khaganate (Chinese: 西突厥; pinyin: Xi tūjué) was a Turkic khaganate formed as a result of the wars in the beginning of the 7th century (AD 593–603) after the split of the Göktürk Khaganate (founded in the 6th century in Mongolia by the Ashina clan) into the Western khaganate and the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.

At its height, the Western Turkic Khaganate included what is now Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and parts of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Russia.

The ruling elite or perhaps the whole confederation was called Onoq or "ten arrows", possibly from oğuz (literally "arrow"), a subdivision of the Turkic tribes. A connection to the earlier Onogurs, which also means 'ten tribes', is questionable.