Sabao
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Sabao, or sārtpāw in Sogdian, was an official Chinese title in the 5th-7th centuries CE, used for government-appointed leaders of the Sogdian immigrant-merchant community. The word sabao is derived fr
The Sogdian Sabao An Jia on his horse, as he appears in one of the panels of his tomb. 579 CE
Tomb of An Jia, 579 CE, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.
The tomb of Wirkak, 580 CE, Xi'an City Museum
Tomb of Yu Hong, 592 CE, Shanxi Museum.
Sogdia
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Sogdia or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya rivers, and in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Sogdiana was
Sogdian soldier circa 338 BCE, tomb of Artaxerxes III.
Sogdians on an Achaemenid Persian relief from the Apadana of Persepolis, offering tributary gifts to the Persian king Darius I, 5th century BC
Head of a Saka warrior, as a defeated enemy of the Yuezhi, from Khalchayan, northern Bactria, 1st century BCE.
A Yuezhi (left) fighting a Sogdian behind a shield (right), Noin-Ula carpet, 1st century BC/AD.