Tabgach
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Tabgach (Turkish: tabgaç) was a central Asian name for China, pronounced something like *tak-bat in Early Middle Chinese, the Chinese language as spoken around 601 C.E. (see Edwin G. Pulleyblank). Toada in Beijing Chnese ist is spoken Tu oba. The Tabghach or Tuoba were a powerful Xianbei tribe.
They had an own script according to the Wei Shu of which until now nothing is preserved or found in inscriptions.
Also the byname for the Tang Empire in Tangri Bilge's Orkhon inscriptions. At that time China was dominated by mixed Xianpi-Han Chinese warrior clans.
The Turkish khan bashed the Tabgach for being content with sedentary life.
Later, a Kara-Khanid sultan of Kashgari was given the name Tabgach Mahmoud.
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