Atlas · Plate XXV

The last Rouran and Istemi’s march west

553

Map of Asia in 553: the Göktürk Khaganate with the Tiele as subjects, the battle at Mount Mulai against the last Rouran, the march of the Qi to Shuozhou, and Istemi's first advances west from the Altai, with the Western Wei, the Northern Qi, the Hephthalites and Sasanian Persia

553: Issik breaks the Rouran of Dengshuzi at Mount Mulai; at the end of the year the Northern Qi pursue the Göktürks to Shuozhou. In the west Istemi sets out from the Altai: the start of his great campaign. Modern map; the roads are drawn, and the site of Mount Mulai is disputed.

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