Tokhara Yabghus

Tokhara Yabghus
625 CE–758 CE
Maximum extent of the territory controlled by the Yabghus of Tokharistan circa 625–652 CE
Kunduz, the capital, and other important cities of the Yabghus of Tokharistan as of 718 CE, after the secession of the Turk Shahis and Zunbils. Herat, Khusp and Shuburgan had mints for Yabghu coinage.
CapitalKunduz
Religion
Buddhism
GovernmentMonarchy
 c.625 CE
Tardush Shad
Historical eraEarly Medieval
 Established
625 CE
 Disestablished
758 CE
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sasanian Empire
Hephthalite principalities
Tang dynasty
Turk Shahis
Today part ofAfghanistan
Pakistan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan

The Tokhara Yabghus or Yabghus of Tokharistan (simplified Chinese: 吐火罗叶护; traditional Chinese: 吐火羅葉護; pinyin: Tǔhuǒluó Yèhù) were a dynasty of Western TurkHephthalite sub-kings with the title "Yabghus", who ruled from 625 CE in the area of Tokharistan north and south of the Oxus River, with some smaller remnants surviving in the area of Badakhshan until 758 CE. Their legacy extended to the southeast where it came into contact with the Turk Shahis and the Zunbils until the 9th century CE.