Uighur (English spelling)

Japanese: 回紇 - ウイグル（英語表記）Uighur

A nomadic tribe of Turks. In 744, Turk Get They defeated the Mongolian Empire and established the Uighur Kingdom on the Mongolian Plateau, but a century later, it was destroyed and scattered due to internal conflicts and an invasion by the Kyrgyz. Some of them moved to the Western Regions and established the Western Uighur Kingdom, but after being subordinated to the Yuan Dynasty at the end of the 13th century, they lost their country due to rebellion. They initially practiced Manichaeism and Buddhism, and later Islam. Currently, China Xinjiang New The main inhabitants of the Uyghur Autonomous Region.
[Additional information] It can also be written as 'Uihu', 'Uihu', and 'Aikuni'.

Kaikotsu [Kuwaikotsu] [Time ^× Hound / Time ^× Hound]

⇒ Uyghur

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

トルコ系の遊牧民族の一。744年、突厥とっけつを破ってモンゴル高原にウイグル王国を建てたが、1世紀後、内紛とキルギス人の侵入によって滅亡し、四散。うち西域に移ったものは西ウイグル王国を建てたが、13世紀末、元に帰属後、乱によって国を失った。初めマニ教・仏教、のちにイスラム教を信仰。現在、中国新疆しんきょうウイグル自治区の主要住民。
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