Turk Shahi

The Turk Shahi (Turkish: Türk Şahiler) were a Buddhist Turkic dynasty that ruled from Kabul and Kapisa in the 7th to 9th centuries. They replaced the Nezak – the last dynasty of Bactrian rulers with origins among the Xwn (Xionite) and/or Huna peoples (who are sometimes also referred to as "Huns" who invaded Eastern Europe during a similar period).

Turk Shahi
665–850
Tamga of the Turk Shahi
Lands of the Turk Shahi in 700 CE, after the secession of Zabulistan.
Capital	Kabul
Religion	Buddhism
Tegin
• 665 - 680	Barha Tegin
• 680 - c. 730	Khorasan Tegin Shah
• ? - c. 850	Lagaturman
Historical era	Early Middle Ages
• Established	665
• Disestablished	850
Preceded by Succeeded by Alchon Nezak [[Rutbils of Zabulistan]] Hindu Shahi
Today part of	Afghanistan

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History of the Turkic peoples pre-14th century
History of the Turkic peoples
Göktürks
First Turkic Khaganate 552 – 581 Western Turkic Khaganate 581 – 657 Eastern Turkic Khaganate 581 – 650 Second Turkic Khaganate 682 – 744
Khazar Khaganate 618–1048
Xueyantuo 628–646
Kangar union 659–750
Turk Shahi 665-850
Türgesh Khaganate 699–766
Kimek confederation 743–1035
Uyghur Khaganate 744–840
Oghuz Yabgu State 750–1055
Karluk Yabgu State 756–940
Kara-Khanid Khanate 840–1212
Western Kara-Khanid Eastern Kara-Khanid
Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom 848–1036
Qocho 856–1335
Pecheneg Khanates 860–1091
Ghaznavid Empire 963–1186
Seljuk Empire 1037–1194
Sultanate of Rum
Cumania 1067–1239
Khwarazmian Empire 1077–1231
Kerait Khanate 11th century–13th century
Delhi Sultanate 1206–1526
Mamluk dynasty Khalji dynasty Tughlaq dynasty
Qarlughid Kingdom 1224–1266
Golden Horde 1240s–1502
Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo) 1250–1517
Bahri dynasty

Kabulistan was the heartland of the Turk Shahi domain, which at times included Zabulistan[1] and Gandhara.

During their rule, the Turk Shahi were an obstacle to the eastward expansion of the Abbasid Caliphate.

The last Shahi ruler of Kabul, Lagaturman, was deposed by a Brahmin minister, possibly named Vakkadeva,[2][3][4] in c. 850, signaling the end of the Buddhist Turk Shahi dynasty, and the beginning of the Hindu Shahi dynasty of Kabul.[5]