Ethnocultural Processes of Turkish Khanate Administration in the Sugd Oasis

Abstract

In this context, it is clear that during the period of the Western Turkic Khanate, there were intense political and ethno-cultural processes between the Sugdian and Turkic peoples of the Sughd oasis, and the unique symbiosis-intermixing, ethno-cultural synthesis processes between these socially and politically active peoples of the region intensified. On the one hand, this process accelerated in the Sughd oasis, and on the other hand, it was very active in Ettisuv, Altai and Orhun valleys (Mongolia), which are the central regions of the Khaganate. The Sugdians became close companions in the Khaganate in such matters as leading embassy delegations, establishing international trade, building cities, participating in palace life, and being advisers to the Khagan and high-ranking representatives of the Khagan. In turn, representatives of the Turkic and Sugdian people led the management of Samarkand, Panch and Nakhlab dominions of Sughd in connection with the Khaganate.