Abusi

Rouran epoch Göktürk epoch Uyghur epoch Kirghiz epoch

Rouran First Göktürk Tang rule Second Göktürk Uyghur Kirghiz Huns Western Göktürk Türgesh Karluk Khazar

Rouran 400–554
First Göktürk 552–630
Tang rule 630–682
Second Göktürk 682–744
Uyghur 744–840
Kirghiz 840–924
Huns 370–469
Western Göktürk 552–659
Türgesh 699–766
Karluk 766–800
Khazar 650–969

The Abusi were a Tiele tribe, the eighth of the nine tribes of the Toquz Oghuz in the list of the Tang Huiyao. The same list says that the Abusi and the ninth tribe ranked with the other seven only after the Tianbao era.^[1]

The name appears earlier as that of a chief. Kapgan Khan fought the Nine Surnames and their chief Abusi north of the desert. He routed the Nine Surnames, and Abusi and his following went over to the Tang.^[2] The sources do not say whether the tribe took its name from this chief.