Nezak Huns

Nezak Huns 𐭭𐭩𐭰𐭪𐭩 nycky
484–665 CE
Royal Bull's-head crown of the Nezak kings
CHAM- PA 500 SASANIAN EMPIRE BYZANTINE EMPIRE NORTHERN WEI HYMYAR SOUTHERN QI Alchon Huns Nezaks TOCHA- RIANS ZHANGZHUNG FUNAN TUYUHUN GUPTA EMPIRE HEPHTHALITES ROURAN KHAGANATE Kyrgyzs Gaoju Turks Yueban Magyars Sabirs Alans Kutrigurs Venedae Finnish Ugrians Yakuts Bashkirs Antes GOGU- RYEO AKSUM The Nezak Huns and contemporary continental Asian polities c. 500 CE.
Capital	Ghazna Kapisa
Common languages	Pahlavi script (written)[1] Middle Persian (common)[1]
Religion	Buddhism Hinduism
Government	Nomadic empire
Nezak Shah
• 653 - 665	Ghar-ilchi
Historical era	Late Antiquity
• Established	484
• Disestablished	665 CE
Currency	Hunnic Drachm
Preceded by Succeeded by Sasanian Empire Alchon Huns Turk Shahis Zunbils
Today part of	Afghanistan Pakistan

The Nezak Huns (Pahlavi: 𐭭𐭩𐭰𐭪𐭩 nycky), also Nezak Shahs,^[1] was a significant principality in the south of the Hindu Kush region of South Asia from circa 484 to 665 CE. Despite being traditionally identified as the last of the four Hunnic states in South Asia, their ethnicity remains disputed and speculative. The dynasty is primarily evidenced by coinage inscribing a characteristic water-buffalo-head crown and an eponymous legend.

The Nezak Huns rose to power after the Sasanian Empire's defeat by the Hephthalites. Their founder Khingal may have been from a Hunnic group, allied to the Hephthalites, or an indigenous ruler who accepted tributary status. Little is known about the rulers who followed him; they received regular diplomatic missions from the Tang dynasty, and some coexisted with the Alchon Huns from about the mid-sixth century.

The polity collapsed in the mid-seventh century after experiencing increasingly frequent invasions from the Arab frontier; the last ruler was Ghar-ilchi. A vassal Barha Tegin usurped the throne and established the Turk Shahis. Half-a-century later, two rulers in Western Tokharistan, who used the appellation "Nezak Tarkhan", played significant roles in opposing a Governor of the Umayyad Caliphate; their links with the Nezak Huns remain speculative.