"Talass Authority"

«Talas» beylik

The domain of Bilge Qadir Khan was evidently located in the Western Tian Shan, in the Talas Valley and the adjacent areas. He owned the city of Taraz. Isfijab either belonged to this domain or was conquered by Bilge Qadir Khan of the Samanids. This domain can conditionally be called the "Talas" beylic.
According to V. V. Bartold, "the region of Isfijab, however, was governed in the 10th century by a special Turkic dynasty and enjoyed significant privileges, even being exempt from taxes."
E. Davidovich, by comparing the data from the coin inscription with those known from written sources, formulated four characteristics that define Isfijab as a vassal domain within the Samanid state, one of which is the hereditary power of the local dynasty of Turkic origin. Several names of this dynasty that ruled in Isfijab are known. For example, Kara-tegin — during Nasr b. Ahmad; his son Mansur (who died in 951, both father and son are buried there).
According to Jemal Karshi, Bilge Qadir Khan had two sons: Bazir Arslan Khan and Ogulchak Qadir Khan. The governance of the Turkic regions passed to Ogulchak. The residence of Ogulchak was Kashgar. According to O. Prizak, both sons ruled simultaneously: Bazir, with the title Arslan Khan in Balasagun, and Ogulchak in Taraz. In the ancient Turkic runic inscriptions of the Talas region, in the Kuru-Bakayyr gorge (in the western part of the Talas Valley), the word "sharga" appears, which according to S. G. Klyashtorny is a rare case of a Sogdian name being transmitted in runic script and literally meant "lion." "Here, this word is likely inscribed as a name or part of a name and accurately translates the widely used name-title 'arslan' in the Karluk-Karakhansid milieu." This, in turn, may confirm that the "Talas" beylic was under the influence of the Samanids.
During the time of Ogulchak Qadir Khan, according to O. Prizak, the Samanid Ismail b. Ahmad conquered the city of Taraz in 893. After this, Ogulchak moved the capital to Kashgar and undertook a campaign against the Samanid territory in 904.
Inhabiting the Talas region, the "Talas" Kyrgyz and their related Karluks could form a certain ethnic community, a domain. It could have been governed by the same dynasty of Kara-Chor or its descendants. The population of this domain could be referred to as Chigils by the Oghuz, i.e., a border element. Thus, the Oghuz could have called the tribes of the "Talas" beylic Chigils, who, in turn, may have already referred to themselves by the term "Turk." Such a designation for the proto-Karakhans could have been used by the Samanids, who might also have referred to them as Chigils. After the capital was moved to Kashgar, the proto-Karakhans could have launched that very campaign to the west in 904, into the lands of the Samanids, who could still have referred to them as Chigils. This is also reflected in the "Shahname," where, as mentioned above, the Karakhans are referred to as Chigils in some cases.