The Syr Darya runs from the Tian Shan north-west across the steppe. It marks the edge of Transoxiana on the side away from the Oxus. North of it the country is grass. South of it lie oasis and city.
The inscriptions of the second khaganate name a Pearl River on the road west. The usual reading puts it here.[1] Tonyukuk tells how the army went on across it to the Iron Gate. The Sogdians came in.[2] The equation is a reading and not a statement of the text. Turkic Atlas says on what it rests under the inscription.
References
- ^ Tekin 1968, p. 403
- ^ Tonyukuk inscription; Tekin 1968, p. 288–289
Sources
Literature
- Peter B. Golden, An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples (1992)
- Étienne de la Vaissière, Sogdian Traders: A History (2005)
- Emre-E. Yavuz, The Gokturk Empire: 2nd Edition (2025)
- Talât Tekin, A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (1968)
What links here17
- Persons
- Su Dingfang
- States
- Second Göktürk Khaganate · Tang
- Conflicts
- Kapgan's western war, 709–713
- Battles & Events
- Battle of Bolchu · Battle of Bukhara · The battle of the Talas, 751
Cite this article
Yavuz, Emre-E. “Syr Darya.” Turkic Atlas, revised 7 November 2026. https://turkicatlas.org/places/syr-darya/
Last revised: 7 November 2026
