K'o-sa

The K'o-sa (Chinese: 可萨; pinyin: Kěsà) is an ancient Uyghur tribe mentioned by ancient Chinese texts. D. M. Dunlop believed that they were connected with the Khazars, and thus postulated a Uyghur, rather than Hunnish origin for that people. The K'o-sa, who belonged to a Tujue tribe, were first mentioned under Du Huan's accounts on Tongdian as possessing the areas north of Syria and the Byzantine Empire.^[1] They existed under a variant name in Suishu and formed part of the Tiele confederation whose presence was around or close to the Caspian Sea.

See also

• Tele
• Uyghur
• Khazars

References

• Douglas M. Dunlop, The History of the Jewish Khazars, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954.

1. Hirth, Friedrich (2021-06-17). China and the Roman Orient: Researches into their Ancient and Medieval Relations as Represented in Early Chinese Records. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7556-3939-7.