Oghuz Yabgu State

Oghuz Yabgu State
766–1055
Oghuz Yabgu State, 750–1055
Oghuz Yabgu State, 750–1055
StatusKhaganate
CapitalYangikent
Common languagesTurkic
Ethnic groups
Oghuzes, Kumans, Kangars, Turgeshes
Religion
Tengriism
Historical era8th–11th centuries
• Established
766
• Disestablished
1055
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Second Turkic Khaganate
Kangar union
Seljuq Empire
Kimek Khanate
Today part of

The Oghuz Yabgu State or Oghuz ili (Old Turkic: Land of Oghuz) was a Turkic state, founded by Oghuz Turks in 766, located geographically in an area between the coasts of the Caspian and Aral Seas. Oghuz tribes occupied a vast territory in Kazakhstan along the Irgiz, Yaik, Emba, and Uil rivers, the Aral Sea area, the Syr Darya valley, the foothills of the Karatau Mountains in Tien-Shan, and the Chui River valley (see map). The Oghuz political association developed in the 9th and 10th centuries in the basin of the middle and lower course of the Syr Darya and adjoining the modern western Kazakhstan steppes.