Principality of Chaghaniyan

Principality of Chaghaniyan
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Location of the Principality of Chaghaniyan
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Principality of Chaghaniyan and neighbouring cities
Religion
Buddhism, Zoroastrianism
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical era5th-10th century CE
Preceded by
Kidarites
Alchon Huns
Ambassador from Chaganian (central figure, inscription of the neck), and ambassadors from Chach (modern Tashkent) to king Varkhuman of Samarkand. 648-651 CE, Afrasiyab murals, Samarkand.[1][2]

The Principality of Chaghaniyan, known in Arabic sources as al-Saghaniyan, was a part of the Hephthalite Confederation from the 5th to the 7th century CE.[3] After this, it was ruled by a local, presumably Iranian dynasty, which governed the Chaghaniyan region from the late 7th-century to the early 8th-century CE.[4] These rulers were known by their titles of “Chaghan Khudah” (Middle Iranian; Čagīnīgān Xvaday, meaning “the lord of Chaghaniyan”).[a][4]

  1. ^ Baumer, Christoph. History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-83860-868-2.
  2. ^ Whitfield, Susan. The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith. British Library. Serindia Publications, Inc. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-932476-13-2.
  3. ^ Bosworth 1990, pp. 614–615.
  4. ^ a b Bosworth 1984, pp. 764–766.