The two groups met on a large scale in 840 AD,1completely merged at the beginning of the 6th century.
Uighur originated in Dingling.
As early as the 3rd century BC, there were many nomadic tribes named Ding Ling in Mongolian grassland and South Siberia.
Dingling people were ruled by Xiongnu, Xianbei and Rouran khanate on the grassland, and were confined to the northern edge of mountain forests and Mongolian grasslands for a long time, making a living by hunting and animal husbandry.
After the 4th century AD, Ding Ling was also called "Tiele", and was also called "High Car" because she used a cart with "high wheels and most spokes".
They are distributed in the grasslands of northern Europe and Asia, starting from the Volga River in the west and reaching Xing 'an Mountains in the east.
Among them, the activities around Lake Baikal are called East Tiele.
There are nine big tribes in East Tiele, and Uighur is one of them.
In order to resist foreign invasion and oppression, these nine tribes often unite into a temporary regional alliance, so they are also called "Nine Surnames Tiele" or "Nine Surnames" for short.
At first, the Uighur department may be composed of 10 clans, or it may be that they have the custom of respecting ten, so they call themselves "ten Uighurs".
10 Uighurs are headed by Yaoluoge clan, and all tribal chiefs are elected by Yaoluoge clan.
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ethnic unity
The first generation Khan who unified Tiele's nine surnames was Guli Pelo.
In 744 (the third year of Tianbao), with the cooperation of the Tang army, the Uighur League led by Guli Pelo overthrew the Turkic khanate and established the Mubei Uighur khanate.
The territory of the Uighur khanate includes the Mongolian grassland area south of Lake Baikal, north of Yinshan Mountain, west of Hinggan Mountains and east of Altai Mountain.
Since then, the original names of the tribes have basically disappeared, collectively known as "Uighurs."
This year, Guli Peiluo was canonized as Huairen Khan by the Tang Dynasty, and the Uighur khanate became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.
Since then, Khan has accepted the conferring of the Tang Dynasty.
Uighur has always maintained a friendly subordinate relationship with the Tang Dynasty, and sent troops twice to help the Tang Dynasty put down the "Anshi Rebellion".
In 788 (the fourth year of Tang Zhenyuan), Uighur Khan Mohe wrote to the Tang Dynasty, taking the meaning of "flying like a stork" and changing it to "Uighur".