Karlouks

See also: Karluk

The Karlouks , Karluk or Qarluq (“snow-covered” in Turkish, of qar : snows) were in the beginning a Turkish tribe wandering based in the steppes of Transoxiane (approximately, in the east and the south of the Mer of Aral) in Central Asia. They were close relatives and, during some time, combined Ouïgours. It was also mentioned that they at one time were combined with the Oghouzes, which lived on their Western borders.

In the Years 600, the tribes karloukes formed a Khanat directed by a Yagbhu (prince), but were reversed by the empire incipient from the Göktürks at the end of the 7th century. Famous for their Carpets woven at the time preislamic, they were regarded as a vassal State by the Dynastie Tang after the final conquest of the areas of the Transoxiane by the Chinese towards 744. They remained in the Chinese sphere of influence and took an active part in the combat against the Moslem expansion in the area, until they betray the Tang with the Bataille of Catholic students in 751. After the Chinese had completely withdrawn from Central Asia, Karlouks converted collectively with the Islam.

In the Years 900, the Qarakhanides, which told to being an elder clan of Karlouks, conquered the area controlled by old the khanat and created an empire including the north of the current Iran and the parts of the Turkestan. The area remained under the control of the Qarakhanides (and, at various periods, of the Seldjoukides and the Kara-Khitans) until in 1206 where it became again a vassal State of the Mongolian . They remained vassal independent until the Mongolian invasion of 1221.

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