Turk Shahi

The Turk Shahi (Turkish: Türk Şahiler) were a Buddhist Turkic dynasty that ruled from Kabul and Kapisa in the 7th to 9th centuries. They replaced the Nezak – the last dynasty of Bactrian rulers with origins among the Xwn (Xionite) and/or Huna peoples (who are sometimes also referred to as "Huns" who invaded Eastern Europe during a similar period).

Turk Shahi
665–850
Tamga of the Turk Shahi
Lands of the Turk Shahi in 700 CE, after the secession of Zabulistan.
CapitalKabul
Religion
Buddhism
Tegin 
 665 - 680
Barha Tegin
 680 - c. 730
Khorasan Tegin Shah
 ? - c. 850
Lagaturman
Historical eraEarly Middle Ages
 Established
665
 Disestablished
850
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Alchon
Nezak
Zunbils
Hindu Shahi
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Kabulistan was the heartland of the Turk Shahi domain, which at times included Zabulistan[1] and Gandhara.

During their rule, the Turk Shahi were an obstacle to the eastward expansion of the Abbasid Caliphate.

The last Shahi ruler of Kabul, Lagaturman, was deposed by a Brahmin minister, possibly named Vakkadeva,[2][3][4] in c. 850, signaling the end of the Buddhist Turk Shahi dynasty, and the beginning of the Hindu Shahi dynasty of Kabul.[5]

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References

  1. "15. The Rutbils of Zabulistan and the "Emperor of Rome"". Pro.geo.univie.ac.at. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  2. D. W. Macdowall, "The Shahis of Kabul and Gandhara" Numismatic Chronicle, Seventh Series, Vol. III, 1968, pp. 189-224, see extracts in R. T. Mohan, AFGHANISTAN REVISITED … Appendix –B, pp. 164-68
  3. Raizada Harichand Vaid, Gulshane Mohyali, II, pp. 83 and 183-84.
  4. H. G. Raverty, Tr. Tabaqat-i-Nasiri of Maulana Minhaj-ud-din, Vol. I, p. 82
  5. "16. The Hindu Shahis in Kabulistan and Gandhara and the Arab conquest". Pro.geo.univie.ac.at. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
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