The Kyrgyz Destroy the Uyghur Khaganate

840 CE · Moğolistan · military

The Yenisei Kyrgyz attacked the Uyghur Khaganate; the khagan was killed and the khaganate collapsed.

The Uyghurs scattered south and west in several branches, one of which founded the Uyghur Turfan state at Turfan-Beshbalik (840-1335). The nomadic khaganate was reshaped as a settled Uyghur cultural state.

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The Yenisei Kyrgyz attacked the Uyghur Khaganate; the khagan was killed and the khaganate collapsed.
When did The Kyrgyz Destroy the Uyghur Khaganate happen?
840 CE
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Moğolistan