China and Tibet as Referred to in the Old Turkish Inscriptions

The Old Turkish inscriptions that were written roughly between the beginning of the eighth and the middle of the ninth century A.D. and represent the first testimonies of a Turkish language, include important information about contacts of the ruling Türks and later the Uighurs, who were also Turkish-speaking, with other peoples inside and outside of their el, i.e., their steppe empire. This information is partly explicit, when, for example, we read about a delegation being sent to the other side, and partly implicit, by which we mean outside influences that we can trace in the texts in different ways

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  John W Latham•Iran and the Caucasus•2016

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