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The '''K'o-sa''' ({{zh|c=可萨|p=Kěsà}}) was a [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] tribe mentioned by [[Chinese history|ancient Chinese]] texts. [[D.M. Dunlop]] believed that they were connected with the [[Khazars]] and thus postulated an Uyghur rather than [[Hun]]nish origin for that people. The K'o-sa, whose belonged to a Tujue tribe, were first mentioned under Du Huan's accounts on [[Tongdian]] and possess the areas north of [[Syria]] and the [[Byzantine Empire]]. They existed under a variant name in Suishu and formed part of the Tiele confederation whose presence was around or close to the [[Caspian Sea]].

==See also==
*[[Dingling|Tele]]
*[[Uyghur people|Uyghur]]
*[[Khazars]]

==References==
*[[Douglas M. Dunlop]], ''The History of the Jewish Khazars'', Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954.

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[[Category:Khazars|Ko-sa]]
[[Category:Groups connected to the Khazars]]
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