State · 581 – 659
Western Turkic Khaganate
A state of 581 – 659 — 78 years in South Asia. It replaced First Turkic Khaganate and Kangar union. It was followed by Old Great Bulgaria. Its line of rulers holds 2 people. Its own article says it was conquered by Tang dynasty.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 78 years
- 581 – 659
- Rulers
- 2
- the Khagan of Western Turkic Khaganate
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- First Turkic Khaganate · replaces · 551 – 603
- Kangar union · replaces · 659 – 750
After it
- Old Great Bulgaria · followed by · 632 – 668
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered by Tang dynasty, 657. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The Western Turkic Khaganate was subjugated by the Tang dynasty in 657 and the Western Turkic tribes were split up under two puppet rulers, Ashina Buzhen and Ashina Mishe.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apa Qaghan | 581 – 587 | 6 years | ending not on record | |
| Niri Qaghan | 587 – 599 | 12 years | ending not on record |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 581 – 599. Only 18 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedFlag of Western Turkic Khaganate · CC BY 2.0 · The Orkflower
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood78 years
stood longer than 42% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 571 – 669, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 620, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q874357 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.