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Karluq–Tang Heqin Alliance Treaty

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 766

Around 766, the Karluq tribe concluded a heqin alliance treaty with the Tang dynasty, submitting to Tang rule and accepting investiture.

Timeline

  1. 744–766Semirechye · SemirechyeAfter the fall of the Later Turkic Khaganate, Karluq power expanded westward, gradually gaining control of the Chu–Ili river basin and becoming an important nomadic polity in Central Asia.
  2. 766Chang'an · ShaanxiThe Karluq sent envoys to conclude a heqin alliance with the Tang, accepting Tang investiture, and the two sides formed a political alliance. The Tang used this to win over the Karluq as a counterweight to Tibetan expansion in the Western Regions.

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