Ordu-Baliq

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Ordu-Baliq was the principal royal and administrative city of the Uyghur Khaganate, serving as a major political and cultural center in Central Asia during the early Middle Ages.

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Label Occurrences
Ordu-Baliq canonical 5
Ordu-Balik 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
former capital city
alternateName Khar Balgas
Kharbalgas
Ordu Balik
Ordu-Balik
linked to: Ordu-Baliq
capitalOf Uyghur Khaganate
country Uyghur Khaganate
culture Uyghur culture
destroyedBy Kirghiz
linked to: Kyrgyz people
destroyedInCentury 9th century
excavatedBy archaeologists from Mongolia
archaeologists from Russia
excavatedSinceCentury 20th century
flourishedInCentury 8th century
9th century
foundedAroundYear 744
foundedBy Bayanchur Khan
Uyghur Khaganate
foundedInCentury 8th century
hasFeature administrative buildings
citadel
city walls
religious buildings
residential quarters
heritageStatus important archaeological heritage of Mongolia
historicalEra Early Middle Ages
medieval Central Asia
knownFor Buddhist monuments
Manichaean monuments
fortifications
palaces
planned urban layout
temples
languageOfInscriptions Old Uyghur
linked to: Old Turkic language
locatedIn Central Asia
Orkhon Valley
locatedInPresentDay Mongolia
locatedOnRiver Orkhon River
meaningOfName royal city
near Karakorum
partOf Orkhon cultural landscape
religionsPracticed Buddhism
Manichaeism
Tengrism
servedAs administrative center of the Uyghur Khaganate
cultural center of the Uyghur Khaganate
political center of the Uyghur Khaganate
royal city of the Uyghur Khaganate

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uyghur Khaganate capital Ordu-Baliq
Ordu-Baliq alternateName Ordu-Balik
linked to: Ordu-Baliq
Khar Balgas nearbySettlement Ordu-Baliq
Kirghiz Khaganate capital Ordu-Baliq
Bayanchur Khan capital Ordu-Baliq