This is a timeline of the Karluks. The Kara-Khanid Khanate is also included; however, it is disputed whether the Karluks or Yagmas were the dominant group within the khanate.
| Year | Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karluks migrate into Tokharistan |
| Year | Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Karluks, Basmyls, and Uyghurs revolt against the Second Turkic Khaganate and Kutluk Yabgu Khagan is killed | |||
| Hostilities between the Uyghurs and Karluks force the Karluks to migrate west into Zhetysu | |||
| Battle of Talas Karluks switch sides from the Tang dynasty to the Abbasids, resulting in Tang defeat | |||
| Karluks annex the Turgesh in Zhetysu | |||
| Karluks attack Beshbalik but are defeated by Uyghurs |
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Uyghurs invade Karluk territory and steal considerable booty | ||
| Nuh ibn Asad of the Samanids attacks the Karluks and captures Sayram | ||
| Uyghur Khaganate falls and Bilge Kul Qadir Khan of the Karluks declares himself khagan of the Kara-Khanid Khanate | ||
| Isma'il ibn Ahmad of the Samanids attacks the Karluks and conquers Taraz | ||
| Bilge Kul Qadir Khan dies and Bazir Arslan Khan succeeds him |
| Year | Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bazir Arslan Khan dies and his brother Oghulcak Khan succeeds him | |||
| The future Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan converts to Islam | |||
| Oghulcak Khan dies and Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan succeeds him | |||
| Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan dies and Musa Bughra Khan succeeds him | |||
| Musa Bughra Khan dies and Suleyman Arslan Khan succeeds him | |||
| Suleyman Arslan Khan dies and Ali Arslan Khan succeeds him | |||
| Kara-Khanid Khanate conquers Ilaq | |||
| Kara-Khanid Khanate conquers Kashgar | |||
| Kara-Khanid Khanate conquers Sayram (city) | |||
| Kara-Khanid Khanate conquers Fergana | |||
| Kara-Khanid Khanate conquers Bukhara but immediately loses it again to the Samanids | |||
| Kara-Khanid Khanate conquers Chach | |||
| Kara-Khanid Khanate conquers Samarkand | |||
| Ali Arslan Khan dies and Ahmad Arslan Qara Khan succeeds him | |||
| Kara-Khanid Khanate conquers Bukhara |
| Year | Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kara-Khanid Khanate conquers Khotan | |||
| Kara-Khanid Khanate attacks the Ghaznavids but is defeated | |||
| Ahmad Arslan Qara Khan dies and Mansur Arslan Khan succeeds him | |||
| Liao dynasty attacks the Kara-Khanid Khanate but is repulsed | |||
| Mansur Arslan Khan dies and Muhammad Toghan Khan succeeds him | |||
| Ali-Tegin, brother of Yusuf Qadir Khan, seizes Bukhara and occupies Sogdia | |||
| Ali-Tegin is defeated Yusuf Qadir Khan but recaptures his former territories after his enemies retreat | |||
| Muhammad Toghan Khan dies and Yusuf Qadir Khan succeeds him | |||
| Battle of Dabusiyya Altun Tash of the Ghaznavids attacks Ali-Tegin and the battle ends inconclusively | |||
| Yusuf Qadir Khan dies | |||
| Ali-Tegin dies and Ebu Shuca Sulayman succeeds him | |||
| The Kara-Khanid Khanate splits into eastern and western branches - Ebu Shuca Sulayman continues to control the Eastern Karakhanids while Muhammad Arslan Qara Khan controls the Western Karakhanids | |||
| Eastern Karakhanids conquer Kucha and Qiemo | |||
| Muhammad Arslan Qara Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Böritigin succeeds him | |||
| Ebu Shuca Sulayman of the Eastern Karakhanids dies and Muhammad bin Yusuph succeeds him | |||
| Muhammad bin Yusuph of the Eastern Karakhanids dies and İbrahim bin Muhammad Khan succeeds him | |||
| İbrahim bin Muhammad Khan of the Eastern Karakhanids dies and Mahmud succeeds him | |||
| Böritigin of the Western Karakhanids dies and Nasr Shams al-Mulk succeeds him | |||
| İbrahim bin Muhammad Khan of the Eastern Karakhanids dies and Umar succeeds him, and Ebu Ali el-Hasan succeeds him | |||
| Nasr Shams al-Mulk of the Western Karakhanids dies and Khidr succeeds him | |||
| Khidr of the Western Karakhanids dies and Ahmad succeeds him | |||
| Seljuk Empire conquers Bukhara and Samarkand and vassalizes the Kara-Khanid Khanate | |||
| Ahmad of the Western Karakhanids is restored to power but is killed by the ulama and Ya'qub Qadir Khan succeeds him | |||
| Ya'qub Qadir Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Mas'ud succeeds him | |||
| Mas'ud of the Western Karakhanids dies and Sulayman Qadir Tamghach succeeds him, and Mahmud Arslan Khan succeeds him | |||
| Mahmud Arslan Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Jibrail Arslan Khan succeeds him |
| Year | Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jibrail Arslan Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Muhammad Arslan Khan succeeds him | |||
| Ebu Ali el-Hasan of the Eastern Karakhanids dies and Ahmad Khan succeeds him | |||
| Ahmad Khan of the Eastern Karakhanids dies and İbrahim bin Ahmad succeeds him | |||
| Muhammad Arslan Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Nasr succeeds him, and Ahmad Qadir Khan succeeds him | |||
| Ahmad Qadir Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Hasan Jalal ad-Dunya succeeds him | |||
| Seljuk Empire conquers Samarkand | |||
| Hasan Jalal ad-Dunya of the Western Karakhanids dies and Ibrahim Rukn ad-Dunya succeeds him, and Mahmud succeeds him | |||
| Qara Khitai conquers Balasagun | |||
| Western Karakhanids are defeated by Qara Khitai at Khujand | |||
| Battle of Qatwan The Qara Khitai defeat the Seljuk Empire and vassalizes the Khwarazmian dynasty, the Kingdom of Qocho, and the Kara-Khanid Khanate | |||
| Mahmud of the Western Karakhanids dies and Ibrahim Tabghach Khan succeeds him | |||
| Ibrahim Tabghach Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Mas'ud Tabghach Khan succeeds him | |||
| İbrahim bin Ahmad of the Eastern Karakhanids dies and Muhammad bin İbrahim succeeds him | |||
| Western Kharakhanids conquer Balkh | |||
| Mas'ud Tabghach Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Muhammad Tabghach Khan succeeds him | |||
| Muhammad Tabghach Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Ibrahim Arslan Khan succeeds him |
| Year | Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qara Khitai and Karakhanid troops aid Khwarazmian dynasty in fighting the Ghurid dynasty | |||
| Ibrahim Arslan Khan of the Western Karakhanids dies and Uthman Ulugh Sultan succeeds him | |||
| Yusuph bin Muhammad of the Eastern Karakhanids dies and Ebul Feth Muhammad succeeds him | |||
| Eastern Karakhanids are eliminated in a revolt in Kashgar | |||
| Muhammad II of Khwarezm annexes the Western Karakhanids |