History of the Kyrgyz Khaganate.

So here we have the Kirgiz some, nominal - 1. The year of issue of this coin is 2017, mint: Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. Total circulation – 5.000. The coin is dedicated to the of the “Kyrgyz Khaganate Era”.

The Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate of the Are family bolstered his ties and alliance to the Tang imperial family against the Uyghur Khaganate by claiming descent from the Han dynasty general Li Ling who had defected to the Xiongnu and married a Xiongnu princess. Daughter of Qiedihou Chanyu and was sent to govern the Jiankun region which later became Yenisei. Li Ling was a grandson of Li Guang of the Longxi Li family descended from Laozi which the Tang dynasty Li Imperial family claimed descent from.

The Yenisei Kyrgyz and Tang dynasty launched a victorious successful war between 840 - 848 to destroy the Uyghur Khaganate and its centre at the Orkhon valley using their claimed familial ties as justification for an alliance. Tang forces under General Shi Xiong wounded the Uyghur Khagan (Qaghan) Ögä, seized livestock, took 5,000 - 20,000 Uyghur Khaganate soldiers captive, killed 10,0000 Uyghur Khaganate sources on 13 February 843 at the battle of Shahu mountain in 843.

After Are's murder by one of his officials in 847, new Kyrgyz khagan was created Yingwu Chengming Khan by Xuanzong.