Xueyantuo

Xueyantuo
628–723 (?-723 under Second Turkic Khaganate)
Year 630, the Xueyantuo directly controlled areas.
CapitalIh Huree
Common languagesOld Turkic
Religion
Shamanism, Tengrism
GovernmentTribal confederation
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
628
• Disestablished
723 (?-723 under Second Turkic Khaganate)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
First Turkic Khaganate
Eastern Turkic Khaganate
Tang dynasty
Second Turkic Khaganate
Xueyantuo
Chinese薛延陀
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXuēyántuó
Wade–GilesHsüeh1-yen2-tʻo2
IPA/ɕɥɛ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ tʰwɔ³⁵/
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese/siᴇt̚ jiᴇn dɑ/

The Xueyantuo were an ancient Tiele[1] tribe and khaganate in Northeast Asia who were at one point vassals of the Göktürks, later aligning with the Tang dynasty against the Eastern Göktürks.

  1. ^ Wei Zheng et al. Book of Sui, vol. 84 (in Chinese)