 | This article should specify the language of its non-English content, using {{lang}}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {{IPA}} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code. Wikipedia's multilingual support templates may also be used. (July 2021) |
The Chigil (Chihil, Cihil, or Chiyal) were a Turkic tribe known from the 7th century CE as living around Issyk Kul lake area. They were considered to be descended from the tribe Chuyue,[1][2][3] who were of mixed Yueban-Western Turkic origins.[4]
- ^ Golden, P.B. (1992) An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples in Turcologica (9). p. 199
- ^ Zuev, "Early Turks: Essays of history and ideology", Almaty, Daik-Press, 2002, p. 145, 250
- ^ Lee, J.Y. (2018) "Some remarks on the Turkicisation of the Mongols in post-Mongol Central Asia and the Qipchaq Steppe" in Acta Orientalia 71(2). p. 129 of 121-144
- ^ Gumilyov L.N., "Ancient Türks", Moscow, 'Science', 1967, Ch. 20 (In Russian)