Oghuz Yabgu State
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Oguz Yabgu State (Oguz Il, meaning Oguz Land, Oguz Country), was a Turkish state, founded by Oguz Turks long before the 10th century, located geographically in an area between the east coasts of Hazar (Caspian) Sea and Aral Sea. The state was founded in Eni-Kent which was an Oguz yayla (summer village). Oguz Il extended from "Issyk Kul and Almalyk, in the south to Sairam, in the west the city of Yangikent, which stands at the mouth of the river Syr (Syr-darya), and to the Kara- Kum (desert)" [1] The capital of the Oguz Il was variously spelled Eni-Kent, Djanikand, Yenikent, Yanikand, all meaning New City, and also in Arabic literature al-Kariya al-Hadisa and in Persian literature Deh-i Hay, presently it is a Central Asian ghost town Jankent. The Chinese sources that ascend to the 7th and 8th centuries, the Oguz confederation Tokuz Oguz (Chinese Gu-su, Кut for Oguz) is consistently shown in the vicinity of Issyk Kul - Talas, [2] from the Issyk Kul area the center of the Oguz confederation shifted to the lower course of the Syr-darya under a pressure of the refugees of the Shary ("Yellow Kipchak") tribe. [3] "In the 8th century. Oguzes were already on Syr-darya outside of the ten arrows Türkic Kaganate (Western Turkic Kaganate)" [4]
The state was reigned by the ruler of the Oguz Turks with the title of Yabgu which is similar with other Turkish ruling titles such as Khan, Giray, and Kagan/Hakan, but initially with a status below Kagan/Hakan. The army was commanded by Subaşı. "Sü" (su) means "Army" in Turkish and "başı" (bashi) is for "the head of" or "the ruler of".
The Oguz Il state existed for 3 centuries. Another Turkic budun (people, tribe, laymen) Kimeks of the Kimek Kaganate ended the state by the 12th century. By that time, Selçuk Bey and his Kınık tribe (boy) headed to Persia to found their own Muslim state which in the future would become the Great Seljuq Empire.
[edit] References
- ^ Kononov A.N., "Genealogy of Turkmen", Moskow-Leningrad, USSR AofS, 1958, p. 81 (Кононов А.Н., "Родословная туркмен. Сочинение Абу-л-гази, хана хивинского", Москва-Ленинград, АН СССР, 1958)
- ^ Zuev Yu.A., "Horse Tamgas from Vassal Princedoms (Translation of Chinese composition "Tanghuyao" of 8-10th centuries)", Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences, Alma-Ata, I960, p. 133 (In Russian)
- ^ W.W.Bartold W.W., "Sketch of the Jeti-su history", Frunze, 1943, pp. 20-21
- ^ Zuev Yu.A., Ibid, p. 134
| Preceded by Jeti-su Oguz confederation |
Oguz Il state 8 c. – 12 c. |
Succeeded by Seljuq Empire |
