Chumukun

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 Chumukun were one of the ten tribes of the western Göktürks. They belonged to the Duolu, the eastern wing of the Ten Arrows. The five tribes of the Duolu lived east of Suyab under five great churs. The western wing, the Nushibi, had five irkins.^[1] The Jiu Tang Shu and the Xin Tang Shu name the five churs of the Duolu one by one. In both, the Chumukun Lü Chur stands first.^[2]

The Chumukun appear again in the story of Chebi Khan. When he gathered the tribes that had not submitted after 630, the Chumukun were among those who came to him. In 650 the Tang broke him, and the Chumukun chief Moheduo Irkin was among those who turned against him.^[3] A tribe of that size could make a khan or undo him. In a single decade, the Chumukun did both.