Map of Asia in 821: the Uyghur Khaganate at war with the Kirghiz, the road of Tamim ibn Bahr, the Tibet–Tang treaty
821: The Uyghurs fight the Kirghiz in the north. Tamim ibn Bahr rides the postal road to the Uyghur capital. Tibet and the Tang fix their frontier by treaty. Modern map; the road is drawn, not recorded.
Plate LXVI in the Atlas → © Emre-E Yavuz 2026

And beyond the steppe

  • China Tang Muzong 820–824
  • Iran Abbasid al-Ma'mun 813–833
  • Korea Silla Later Silla 780–930
  • Byzantium Amorian Michael II 820–829

Eastern steppe

Tibet

  • The Tibetan Empire · Tang