lettered by Abraham Ortelius, 1570
Place · mountains

Iron Gate (Sogdiana)

Old Turkic Temir Qapig, the pass south of Samarkand

1 source and maps name this place

  1. c. 720–735approximate
    The Old Turkic Orkhon inscriptions
    WSecond Turk qaghanate courtofficial or contemporary recordW221