Ghar-ilchi

Ghar-ilchi
King
A crossover Alchon-Nezak coin with pseudo-Pahlavi legend 𐭭𐭩𐭰đ­Ș𐭩𐭏𐭫đ­Ș (nycky MLK "King of the Nezaks"). Minted around the time of Ghar-ilchi.[1]
Reign6th-7th century
DynastyNezak Huns

Ghar-ilchi (Chinese: æ›·æ’·æ”Ż Hexiezhi, also transliterated as Ko-chieh-chih,[2] 653-661 CE) was, according to Chinese and Arab sources, a local king of Kapisi and the twelfth and last known ruler of the Nezak Huns. Ghar-ilchi may have been the last member of a local "Khingal dynasty" founded by Khingila, the Alchon Hun ruler.[3]

  1. ^ Rezakhani 2017, p. 162.
  2. ^ Rehman 1976, p. 63.
  3. ^ Rahman, Abdur (2002). "New Light on Khingal, Turk and Hindu Shahis" (PDF). In Landes, Christian; Bopearachchi, Osmund; Boussac, Marie-Françoise (eds.). Afghanistan, Ancien Carrefour entre l'Est et l'Ouest. Vol. XV. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols. pp. 37–41. ISBN 2-503-51681-5.