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Abımanyu Şäh

Abımanyu or Äbhimänyu was a Varxuna ruler who held the title of şähi within Avarşahr.

Ataman Xan

Ataman, posthumously known as Osman, was the eponymous founder of the Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye, the "Sublime Ottoman State."

Bars Beg

Bars Beg was a member of the Inal clan that would become the first Qağan of the Qırğız El.

Bayşıravan Şäh

Bayşıravan or Vaişrävänä was a Varxuna ruler who held the title of şähi or "king" within Avarşahr.

Bağatur Darğa

Bağatur Darğa, posthumously known as Oğuz Qağan in legends, was a member of the Halayuntlığ clan who founded the Hoŋa dynasty.

Bumın Ellig Qağan

Bumın, also known by his regnal title Ellig Qağan, was initially a tümen under the Nıran dynasty and later the founding qağan of the Türük El.

Burmızra Kuşänşäh

Burmızra or Buddämiträ was a Xuna ruler who presumably held the title of Kuşänşäh in the final days of the Kuşän state, thereafter, reorganized as Avarşahr.

Inanç Yabğu

Inanç, known primarily by his Abrahamic name Musa, was the son of Sälçük Sübaşı.

Kaşğär

Kaşğär, also referred to as Qäşqär, but formerly Şrikrirati, is an ancient city along the Silk Road.

Moqurağ

Moqurağ, who's name meant "bald," was the progenitor of the Nıran dynasty and leader of the Tatar tribal confederacy.

Mızrağul Şäh

Mızrağul or Mihiräkulä was a Varxuna ruler who held the title of şähi within Avarşahr.

Nıran

The Nıran, also referred to as the Tatar, was a Särbi-descended dynasty during Late Antiquity.

Ohrmäzd⁠ IV Şähänşäh

Ohrmäzd⁠ IV, also known as Torkzäd or "son of the Türük," was a Şähänşäh of Eränşähr and member of the imperial Säsäniyän dynasty through his father Husroy⁠ I. He may also have descended from the imperial Xalaç clan through his mother Qayın, the daughter of the Yedivar Xaqan.

Oŋği

The Oŋği river, known in ancient times as the Hoŋa river, is a large river that runs in modern Mongolia.

Qırat Kuşänşäh

Qırat was a Xuna ruler who presumably held the title of Kuşänşäh in the final days of the Kuşän state, thereafter, reorganized as Avarşahr.

Qıyäv

Qıyäv, corresponding to modern-day Kiev, was a Xazar tributary and outpost during medieval times.

Qıŋrağ Şäh

Qıŋrağ was a Varxuna ruler who held the title of Deväşähi or "god-king" within Avarşahr.

Samarqand

Samarqand, previously Sämizkänd and before that, Märäkändä, is an ancient city along the Silk Road.

Sälçük Sübaşı

Sälçük was a bäg and sübaşı for the Oğuz El in the 11th century C.E.

Toyoğun

The Toyoğun were a part of the Qıtaɲ tribal confederation that ruled over portions of the Central States under the Murong clan.

Törämän Şäh

Törämän was a Varxuna ruler.

Udayadıtya Şäh

Udayadıtya or Udäyädityä was a Varxuna ruler who held the title of räcä "king" and varxan within Avarşahr. His name, Udäyädityä, means "rising sun."

Varvalığ

Varvalığ, modern Qunduz, was an ancient city of the Yedivar.

Yılan Balıq

Yılan Balıq was the Hoŋa dynasty's capital until 119 B.C.E. when it was abandoned after the Hoŋa's defeat at the Battle Below Zhao Xin’s City in 119 B.C.E.

Çiŋgis Qan

Çiŋgis Qan, born Temücin, was a Moŋğol qan during the medieval period.

Ğäznä

Ğäznä, known also as Ğäzni or Ğäznin, is an ancient city along the Silk Road. In ancient times it was known as Kuäznä and even earlier as Äleksändreiä Opiäne for a period after Alexander III's conquest of Turän.

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