Ikhshids of Sogdia

The Ikhshids of Sogdia, or Ikhshids of Samarkand, were a series of rulers of Soghdia in Transoxiana, with their capital at Samarkand, during the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods.

Ikhshids of Sogdia
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642–755 CE
Coin of Sogdian ruler Turgar, Ikhshid of Samarkand. Profile and name of the ruler on the obverse, fire altar with attendants on the reverse. Excavated in Penjikent, 8th century CE, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan.
AFSHINS
IKHSHIDS
YABGHUS
TURK SHAHIS
UMAYYADS/
ABBASIDS
WESTERN TURKS/
TURGESH
TANG
PATOLAS
Location of Samarkand, capital of the Ikhshids, and neighbouring polities.
AFSHINS
IKHSHIDS
FERGHANA
KHUTTAL
CHAGHANIYAN
Samarkand
TOKHARA YABGHUS
TURK SHAHIS
ZUNBILS
PATOLA SHAHIS
The Ikhshids, and proximate polities and cities.
CapitalSamarkand
Common languagesSogdian
Religion
Zoroastrianism
Historical eraLate antiquity
 Established
642
 Disestablished
755 CE
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hephthalites
Western Turkic Khaganate
Umayyad Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate

The princely title "Ikhshid" (from Sogdian: xšyδ, xšēδ "Ruler") is of Iranian origin; scholars have derived it variously from the Old Iranian root khshaeta, "shining, brilliant", or from khshāyathiya, "ruler, king" (which is also the origin of the title shah). The Ikhshids of Soghdia, with their capital at Samarkand, are well attested during and after the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. The rulers of the Principality of Farghana were also called "Ikhshids".

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