Shatuo

Shatuo
Chinese沙陀
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShātuó
Wade–GilesSha1-tʻo2
IPA/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰwɔ³⁵/
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese/ʃˠa dɑ/
Shatuo Turks
Chinese沙陀突厥
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShātuó Tūjué
Wade–GilesSha1-tʻo2 Tʻu1-chüeh2
IPA/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰwɔ³⁵ tʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕɥɛ³⁵/
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese/ʃˠa dɑ tʰuət̚ kɨut̚/

The Shatuo, or the Shatuo Turks[1] (Chinese: 沙陀突厥; pinyin: Shātuó Tūjué; also transcribed as Sha-t'o, Sanskrit Sart[2]) were a Turkic tribe that heavily influenced northern Chinese politics from the late ninth century through the tenth century. They are noted for founding three, Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Han, of the five dynasties and one, Northern Han, of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Northern Han would later be conquered by the Song dynasty. Sometime before the 12th century, the Shatuo disappeared as a distinct ethnic group, many of them having become acculturated and assimilating into the general population around them.[3]

  1. ^ Peter Golden (July 2018). "The Ethnogonic Tales of the Türks". The Medieval History Journal: 294.
  2. ^ Zuev Yu.A., "Horse Tamgas from Vassal Princedoms (Translation of Chinese composition "Tanghuyao" of 8-10th centuries)", Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences, Alma-Ata, I960, p. 127 (In Russian)
  3. ^ Davis 2014, p. xiii.