Khingila I ( Bactrian: Xiggilo (Bactrian script)

χιγγιλο ''Khingilo'',

Brahmi script Brahmi (; ; ISO: ''Brāhmī'') is a writing system of ancient South Asia. "Until the late nineteenth century, the script of the Aśokan (non-Kharosthi) inscriptions and its immediate derivatives was referred to by various names such as 'lath' ...

: ''Khi-ṇgi-la'',

Middle Chinese Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the '' Qieyun'', a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions. The ...

: 金吉剌 ''Jīnjílà'',

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: شنگل ''Shengel''; c.430-490) was the founding king of the Hunnic Alkhan dynasty ( Bactrian: αλχανο,

: 嚈噠). He was a contemporary of Khushnavaz ( fl. 484).

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In response to the migration of the

Wusun The Wusun (; Eastern Han Chinese *''ʔɑ-suən'' <

Old Chinese

(140 BCE < 436 BCE): *''Ɂâ-sûn'') were an ancient semi-

(who were hard-pressed by the Rouran) from

Zhetysu Zhetysu, or Jeti-Suu ( kk, , Жетісу, pronounced ; ky, ''Jeti-Suu'', (), meaning "seven rivers"; also transcribed ''Zhetisu'', ''Jetisuw'', ''Jetysu'', ''Jeti-su'', ''Jity-su'', ''Жетысу'',, National Geospatial-Intelligence Age ...

to the

Pamir Pamir may refer to: Geographical features * Pamir Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia ** Pamir-Alay, a mountain system in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, part of the Pamir Mountains *A pamir (valley) is a high plateau or valley surro ...

region, Khingila united the Uars and the

Xionites Xionites, Chionites, or Chionitae (Middle Persian: ''Xiyōn'' or ''Hiyōn''; Avestan: ''Xiiaona''; Sogdian ''xwn''; Pahlavi ''Xyon'') were a nomadic people in the Central Asian regions of Transoxiana and Bactria. The Xionites appear to be syno ...

in 460AD, establishing the Hepthalite dynasty. According to the Syrian compilation of Church Historian

Zacharias Rhetor Zacharias of Mytilene (c. 465, Gaza – after 536), also known as Zacharias Scholasticus or Zacharias Rhetor, was a bishop and ecclesiastical historian. Life The life of Zacharias of Mytilene can be reconstructed only from a few scattered rep ...

(c. 465, Gaza – after 536), bishop of

Mytilene Mytilene (; el, Μυτιλήνη, Mytilíni ; tr, Midilli) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University o ...

, the need for new grazing land to replace that lost to the Wusun led Khingila's "Uar-Chionites" to displace the

Sabirs The Sabirs (Savirs, Suars, Sawar, Sawirk among others; el, Σάβιροι) were nomadic people who lived in the north of the Caucasus beginning in the late-5th -7th century, on the eastern shores of the Black Sea, in the Kuban area, and possibly ...

to the west, who in turn displaced the Saragur, Ugor and Onogur, who then asked for an alliance and land from Byzantium. In his coin in the

, Khingila uses the legend "God-King Khingila" ( Gupta ashoka de

, ''Deva Shahi Khingila''). A "

Seal of Khingila The Seal of Khingila is an historical Seal (emblem), seal from the region of Bactria, on southern Central Asia. The seal was published recently by Pierfrancesco Callieri and Nicholas Sims-Williams. It is now in the private collection of Mr. A. Sae ...

" is known, with legend in the Bactrian language, but it is uncertain if it belonged to Khingila, or another ruler of the same name. Khingila is also known from a Brahmi inscription, the Talagan copper scroll.

Artifacts

File:Khingila of the Alchon Huns Circa 440-490 CE.jpg, Coin of younger Khingila, circa 440-490 CE. File:Khingila Alchono.jpg,

Khingila Khingila I ( Bactrian: χιγγιλο ''Khingilo'', Brahmi script: ''Khi-ṇgi-la'', Middle Chinese: 金吉剌 ''Jīnjílà'', Persian: شنگل ''Shengel''; c.430-490) was the founding king of the Hunnic Alkhan dynasty ( Bactrian: αλχανο ...

with the word "Alchono" in

Bactrian script Bactrian (, , ) is an extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria (in present-day Afghanistan) and used as the official language of the Kushan, and the Hephthalite empires. Name It was long thought tha ...

(αλχονο) and the

Tamgha A tamga or tamgha (from otk, 𐱃𐰢𐰍𐰀, tamga, lit=stamp, seal; tr, damga; mn, tamga; ; ); an abstract seal or stamp used by Eurasian nomads and by cultures influenced by them. The tamga was normally the emblem of a particular tribe, c ...

symbol on his coins. File:Alchon Huns. Khingila. Circa 440s-490s.jpg, Later coinage, with name "Khingila" in the

. File:Devashahi Khingila.jpg, A coin of Khingila with the title ''Deva Shahi Khinghila'' ( Gupta ashoka de

"God-King Khingila"), 440-490 CE. File:Alchono legend with coin.jpg, The word "Alchono" (αλχοννο) in the Greco-Bactrian cursive script, on a coin of

.CNG Coins
/ref> File:Hephthalite horseman on British Museum bowl 460-479 CE.jpg, Alchon horseman, possibly

, on the Hephthalite silver bowl. File:Khingila name in Middle Brahmi script.jpg, "Khingila" in

on his later coinage

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Khingila coinage

Central Asia Hephthalites 430 births 490 deaths {{CAsia-hist-stub

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