Qibi

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 Qibi were a Tiele tribe, the seventh of the nine tribes of the Toquz Oghuz in the list of the Tang Huiyao. The list counts them among the seven tribes that had stood in the histories since the beginning of the dynasty.^[1]

In 648 the Xueyantuo fell. After that, the Qibi, the Uyghurs and more than ten Tiele tribes submitted to the Tang one after another.^[2] The general Qibi Heli commanded Tang columns against the Xueyantuo. He also commanded them against Ashina Helu, with fifty thousand Uyghur horse.^[2]^[3]