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Some Chinese Sources on the Khazars and Khwarazm |
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时间:2009-7-24 13:48:37 来源:不详
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rs The accounts on the Khazars are a relatively sparse in the Chinese sources compared to those on Khwarazm. I only found records on the Khazars in the literature of the Sui and Tang periods. At that time the Khazars were called Turkish Kesa, Asa, and Gejie. When the Sui Dynasty (581-618) started ruling China, the Turk Qaghanate was a strong power in east Asia and thus threatened the security of the Sui seriously. The Sui Dynasty made alliances with the West Turks to strike against the East Turks which led to a lingering war. The emperors of Sui paid much attention to the situation of the Turks and had a full knowledge of the Turks and other nations subjugated by it. As a result, the Sui shu ( the official history of Sui) written by Wei Zheng, the famous premier of Tang Taizong and other officials from 629 to 636 contains many valuable accounts on the nomadic peoples in the western region . The Khazars is recorded in Volume 84 of Sui Shu, Liezhuan 49, “Beidi, Tiele. The ancestors of the << 上一页 [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] ... 下一页 >> |
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