Yueban
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Yueban (), (, Middle Chinese: */jiuᴇt̚-pˠan/ < Late Han Chinese: */jyat-pɑn/), colloquially: "Weak Xiongnu", was an early Turkic tribe identified by Chinese historians as remnants of Northern Xiongnu in Zhetysu, now part of modern-day Kazakhstan. In Chinese literature they are commonly called Yueban. The Yuebans gained their own visibility after disintegration of the Northern Xiongnu state, because unlike the main body of the Northern Xiongnu, who escaped from the Chinese sphere of knowledge, the Yueban tribes remained closer to China.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Yueban
- Country.common_name
- Yueban
- Country.era
- 1st millennium
- Country.year_start
- 160
- Country.year_end
- 490
- Country.image_map
- Mongolia III.jpg
- Country.today
- Kazakhstan
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Identity and location
- Language and customs
- History
- Theism, spirits, and magic
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
Yueban (), (, Middle Chinese: */jiuᴇt̚-pˠan/ H-mjianH < *Emän) to the names of the Chumukun's "town of Yan" (咽城) and the Emel River.
Gumilyov further identified Yueban with the Altï Čub Soğdak "Six Prefectures' Sogdians". Meanwhile, Sergey Klyashtorny identified the Altï Čub Soğdak with the Sogdian-populated "Six Barbarian Prefectures" (六胡州 Liùhúzhōu) of Lu 魯, Li 麗, Han 含 (or She 舍), Sai 塞, Yi 依, and Qi 契, established by Tang Chinese in 679 from "surrendered Turks" (降突厥), "originally a Sogdian people who had submitted collectively to the Eastern Turks" Later on, Altï Čub Soğdak were mentioned in Kul Tegin inscription as enemies of the Second Turkic Khaganate, and they were conquered by Bilge Khagan in 701. The Six Prefectures also revolted against Tang, until Tang army dispersed them in 722.
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