Eastern Kara-Khanids

State · 1046–1138 CE · at its largest around 1046 CE

Eastern branch of the Kara-Khanid Khanate, a Turkic Muslim dynasty centred on Balasagun and Kashgar, which later became a vassal of the Kara-Khitai.

On its lands while it lasted

• Kara-Khanid Khanate (c. 840–1212 CE): Turkic dynasty that ruled Transoxiana and the Tian Shan region and was among the first Turkic states to adopt Islam.
• Balasagun (c. 850–1218 CE): Capital of Kara-Khanids (850–1045), Eastern Kara-Khanids (1046–1138), Western Karakhanid Khanate (1046–1084), and 1 more.

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