Oghuz Yabgu State

Oghuz Yabgu State
Kaganate
750–1055
Oguz Yabgu State in Kazakhstan, 750–1055
Capital		Yangikent
Languages		Turkic
Religion		Tengriism
Political structure		Kaganate
Historical era		8th–11th centuries
•	Established	750
•	Disestablished	1055
Preceded by Succeeded by Turkic Khaganate Seljuq Empire Kimek Khanate

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The Oguz Yabgu State (Oguz il, meaning Oguz Land, Oguz Country, 750–1055) was a Turkic state, founded by Oguz Turks in 766, located geographically in an area between the coasts of the Caspian and Aral Seas. Oguz tribes occupied a vast territory in Kazakhstan along the Irgiz, Yaik, Emba, and Uil rivers, the Aral Sea area, the Syr Darya valley, the foothills of the Karatau Mountains in Tien-Shan, and the Chui River valley (see map). The Oguz political association developed in the 9th and 10th centuries in the basin of the middle and lower course of the Syr Darya and adjoining the modern western Kazakhstan steppes.

The etymology of the name "Oguz" is unclear. It was discussed many times in historical and philological literature. The term probably means "tribes", or the "tribal union", and then could turn into a collective ethnic name. The original Oguz areas were the south-eastern regions of Central Asia. The beginning of the early Oguz group formation is linked to the Western Zhetysu (often known, in Russian and other European languages, as Semirechye).