Person
Istämi
Brother of Bumin and from 552 ruler (yabghu) of the western part of the Turkic Khaganate; he is usually identified with the Sizabul (Dizabul) of the Byzantine sources. He received the embassy of Zemarchus from Justin II and allied with Byzantium against the Sasanians.
- Dates
- … – between 575 and 576
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Central and Northern Asia
- In the threads
- Central Asia and the steppe (6th–10th c.)
Events
- The Turks and Sasanians destroy the Hephthalite Empire (Battle of Gol-Zarriun)between 557 and 567 · Central and Northern Asia
- Embassies of Maniakh and Zemarchus: the Turks ally with Byzantium568 – between 570 and 571 · Central and Northern Asia
Often together with
First Turkic KhaganateByzantine EmpireHephthalitesJustin IIKhosrow I AnushirvanManiakhSasanian EmpireSogdiansZemarchus