Khingila I
| Khingila I | |
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| Ruler of the Alchon Huns | |
 Portrait of king Khingila c. 440 - 490 CE on one of his silver drachms. Bactrian script legend: χιγγιλο αλχοννο "Khiggilo Alchono", with Alchon tamgha symbol  [1][2]
  Approximate location of Khingila's territory | |
| Reign | 440-490 |
| Successor | Mehama |
| Born | c. 430 Central Asia |
| Died | c. 490 |
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Khingila I (Persian: شنگل Shengil, Bactrian: χιγγιλο Khingilo, Middle Chinese: 金吉剌 Jinjila; c.430-490) was the founding king of the Hunnic Alkhan dynasty (Bactrian: αλχανο, Middle Chinese: 嚈噠). He was a contemporary of Khushnavaz (fl. 484).
Rule
In response to the migration of the Wusun (who were hard-pressed by the Rouran) from Zhetysu to the Pamir region (Chinese: 葱嶺), Khingila united the Uar (Chinese: 滑) and the Xionites (Chinese: 狁) in 460AD, establishing the Hepthalite dynasty.
According to the Syrian compilation of Church Historian Zacharias Rhetor (c. 465, Gaza – after 536), bishop of Mytilene, the need for new grazing land to replace that lost to the Wusun led Khingila's "Uar-Chionites" to displace the Sabirs to the west, who in turn displaced the Saragur, Ugor and Onogur, who then asked for an alliance and land from Byzantium.
Coinage
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![Coin of younger Khingila, circa 440-490 CE.[3]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Khingila_of_the_Alchon_Huns_Circa_440-490_CE.jpg/200px-Khingila_of_the_Alchon_Huns_Circa_440-490_CE.jpg)
Coin of younger Khingila, circa 440-490 CE.[3] -
Khingila coinage -
![Khingila with the word "Alchono" in Bactrian script (αλχονο) and the Tamgha symbol on his coins.[4][5]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Khingila_Alchono.jpg/200px-Khingila_Alchono.jpg)
Khingila with the word "Alchono" in Bactrian script (αλχονο) and the Tamgha symbol on his coins.[4][5] -
![The word "Alchono" (αλχοννο) in the Greco-Bactrian cursive script, on a coin of Khingila.[6]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Alchono_legend_with_coin.jpg/200px-Alchono_legend_with_coin.jpg)
![Khingila with the word "Alchono" in Bactrian script (αλχονο) and the Tamgha symbol on his coins.[4][5]](/wiki/File:Khingila_Alchono.jpg)
![The word "Alchono" (αλχοννο) in the Greco-Bactrian cursive script, on a coin of Khingila.[6]](/wiki/File:Alchono_legend_with_coin.jpg)
See also
References
- ^ This coin is in the collection of the British Museum. For equivalent coin, see CNG Coins
- ^ Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 105–124. ISBN 9781474400305.
- ^ CNG coins [1]
- ^ Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9781474400312.
- ^ CNG Coins
- ^ CNG Coins
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