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 Unash | |||||||||||||
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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.
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Location of Samarkand, capital of the Ikhshids, and neighbouring polities. | |||||||||||||
Capital | Samarkand | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Sogdian | ||||||||||||
Religion | Zoroastrianism | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Late antiquity | ||||||||||||
• Established | 642 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 755 CE | ||||||||||||
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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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