Karluk Turks

E899341

Turkic people tribal confederation

The Karluk Turks were a medieval Turkic tribal confederation in Central Asia that played a pivotal role in regional power struggles and the formation of early Turkic and Islamic states.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Karluk Turkic	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic people ⓘ tribal confederation ⓘ
alliedWith	Abbasid Caliphate at Battle of Talas NERFINISHED ⓘ Uyghur Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalAtVariousTimes	Balasagun NERFINISHED ⓘ Taraz NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlled	sections of Silk Road routes ⓘ
conversionPeriod	10th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
convertedTo	Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreTribalElementOf	Karakhanid Khanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalImpact	Turkification of parts of Central Asia ⓘ
descendantGroups	Karakhanids NERFINISHED ⓘ some modern Uyghurs ⓘ some modern Uzbeks ⓘ
engagedIn	long-distance trade ⓘ nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicity	Turkic ⓘ
flourishedIn	Early Middle Ages ⓘ High Middle Ages ⓘ
formedDynasty	Karakhanid Khanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
foughtAgainst	Tang dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ
foughtIn	Battle of Talas NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of Karluk branch of Turkic languages ⓘ spread of Islam in Central Asia ⓘ
languageFamily	Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterUsedScript	Arabic script ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ
mentionedAs	Geluolu in Chinese sources ⓘ
mentionedIn	Chinese historical sources ⓘ
migratedTo	Tien Shan region NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhetysu region NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringPolities	Samanid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Turgish Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ Uyghur Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedFrom	Altai region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Turkic tribal confederations ⓘ
playedRoleIn	formation of early Islamic states in Central Asia ⓘ formation of early Turkic states ⓘ regional power struggles in Central Asia ⓘ
politicalStructure	confederation of tribes ⓘ
rebelledAgainst	Uyghur Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Ferghana Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Semirechye NERFINISHED ⓘ Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionBeforeIslam	Tengriism NERFINISHED ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
usedScript	Old Turkic script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab–Chinese wars → involvedParty → Karluk Turks ⓘ

Karluk tribes → language → Karluk Turks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karluk Turkic

Qipchaq Uzbek → hasInfluenceFrom → Karluk Turks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karluk Turkic