Territorial change of Oghuz Khagan (Oghuz Turks)

“Oghuz Khagan”(Oghuz Turks) — appears in this map’s data from AD 750 to 1055. Its territory was largest in AD 970 – 989, at ≈ 467 thousand km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 970 – 989 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 772: number 72 of 13.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Kimak–Kipchak confederation — 56 frames
• Khazars — 44 frames
• Abbasid Caliphate — 36 frames
• Samanid Empire — 11 frames
• Seljuk dynasty — 8 frames
• Ghaznavids — 6 frames
• Seljuk Empire — 2 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 1 by area.

Wikipedia summary

Oghuz Khagan or Oğuz Khan (Turkish: Oğuz Kağan or Oğuz Han; Azerbaijani: Oğuz Xan or Oğuz Xaqan; Turkmen: Oguz Han) is a legendary khan of the Turkic people and an eponymous ancestor of the Oghuz Turks. Some Turkic cultures use the legend of Oghuz Khan to describe their ethnic and tribal origins.

Wikipedia (English) “Oghuz Khagan”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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