Khingila I

Khingila I (Persian: شنگل Shengil, Bactrian: χιγγιλο Khingilo, Middle Chinese: 金吉剌 Jinjila; c.430-490) was the founding king of the Hunnic Alkhan dynasty (Bactrian: αλχανο, Middle Chinese: 嚈噠). He was a contemporary of Khushnavaz (fl. 484).

Khingila I
Ruler of the Alchon Huns
Portrait of king Khingila c. 440 - 490 CE on one of his silver drachms. Bactrian script legend: χιγγιλο αλχοννο "Khiggilo Alchono", with Alchon tamgha symbol [1][2]
Approximate location of Khingila's territory
Reign440-490
SuccessorMehama
Bornc. 430
Central Asia
Diedc. 490
Alchon Huns
(400–670 CE)
c.400–440 (Anonymous kings)
c.430–490 Khingila
c.490 Javukha
c.461–493Mehama
c.490 Lakhana Udayaditya
Aduman
c.490–515Toramana
c.515–540Mihirakula
c.530–570Toramana II
c.530–590 Pravarasena
c.590–597Gokarna
c.597-633Narendra
c.630–670Yudhishthira

Rule

In response to the migration of the Wusun (who were hard-pressed by the Rouran) from Zhetysu to the Pamir region (Chinese: 葱嶺), Khingila united the Uar (Chinese: 滑) and the Xionites (Chinese: 狁) in 460AD, establishing the Hepthalite dynasty.

According to the Syrian compilation of Church Historian Zacharias Rhetor (c. 465, Gaza – after 536), bishop of Mytilene, the need for new grazing land to replace that lost to the Wusun led Khingila's "Uar-Chionites" to displace the Sabirs to the west, who in turn displaced the Saragur, Ugor and Onogur, who then asked for an alliance and land from Byzantium.

Coinage
  • Coin of younger Khingila, circa 440-490 CE.[3]
  • Khingila coinage
  • Khingila with the word "Alchono" in Bactrian script (αλχονο) and the Tamgha symbol on his coins.[4][5]
  • The word "Alchono" (αλχοννο) in the Greco-Bactrian cursive script, on a coin of Khingila.[6]

See also

References
  1. This coin is in the collection of the British Museum. For equivalent coin, see CNG Coins
  2. Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 105–124. ISBN 9781474400305.
  3. CNG coins
  4. Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9781474400312.
  5. CNG Coins
  6. CNG Coins
Preceded by
Anonymous		 Tegin of the Alchon Huns
430-461		 Succeeded by
Mehama


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