Principality of Chaghaniyan
Principality of Chaghaniyan | |||||||||
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| Religion | Buddhism, Zoroastrianism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | 5th-10th century CE | ||||||||
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The Principality of Chaghaniyan, known in Arabic sources as al-Saghaniyan, was a part of the Hephthalite Confederation from the 5th to the 7th century CE. After this, it was ruled by a local, presumably Iranian dynasty, which governed the Chaghaniyan region from the late 7th-century to the early 8th-century CE. These rulers were known by their titles of “Chaghan Khudah” (Middle Iranian; Čagīnīgān Xvaday, meaning “the lord of Chaghaniyan”).[a]