{
  "g": "h,empire,asia",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Uyghur Khaganate",
  "years": "744–840",
  "id": "uyghur-khaganate",
  "index": "e/uyghur-khaganate",
  "title": "Banner of the Uyghur Khaganate",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "yellow",
      "hex": "#fcd32a",
      "cmyk": "0/17/83/1",
      "note": "Manichaean and royal yellow."
    },
    {
      "color": "black",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "note": "Lineart of the royal pair."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Uyghur Khaganate (744–840) was a Turkic steppe empire based in Mongolia that overthrew the Second Turkic Khaganate and became a major Tang-era ally\n - **Construction:** a yellow field bearing line-drawn royal portraits — a stylised depiction of the Khagan and Khatun derived from murals at Bezeklik and Khocho\n - Reconstruction from the \"16 Great Turkic Empires\" series; historic Uyghur banners were likely plain field with tamgas, with iconography more common on ceremonial tents",
  "flag": "empires/uyghur-khaganate.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Uyghur Khaganate",
    "officialName": "Uyghur Empire",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- The Uyghur elite officially converted to Manichaeism in 762, making it the only Manichaean state in history\n - Collapsed under pressure from Yenisei Kyrgyz attacks in 840; refugees established the Kocho and Ganzhou Uyghur kingdoms\n - Modern Uyghurs trace their name and literary tradition to this period",
  "_name": "Uyghur Khaganate",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "uyghur-khaganate"
}