origins of the Khazars are unclear. Uyghurs Certain scholars, such as  D.M. Dunlop  and  P.B. Golden , considered the Khazars to be connected with a  Uyghur  or  Tiele  confederation tribe called  He'san  in  Chinese  sources from the 7th-century (Suishu, 84). Remarkable is the fact that the  Khazar language  appears to have