The
Yagma were a medieval tribe of Turks whose members are among the ancestors of modern
Uigurs and
Uzbeks. Yagma is one of the
Turkic tribes that came to the forefront of history after the disintegration of the
Western Turkic Kaganate. They were one component of a three-member confederation known as
Uch Oguz, which consisted of Yagma, the
Karluks, and the
Chigils. From the seventh century until the
Karakhanid period, the Yagma were recorded in
Arabic,
Muslim, and
Chinese accounts as a prominent and powerful political entity in the
Tarim Basin,
Dzungaria, and
Jeti-su. Along with the
Karluks and
Chigils, the Yagma founded the
Karakhanid state.
According to Yury Zuev, a semantic meaning of the word yagma (ya?gma) in the ancient Türkic language, is "attack, onslaught."[1].
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