Nezak style bust right, set on floral element; nycky mlk’ in corrupted Pahlavi to right; tamgha to left; star to lower right / Fire altar with attendats. 27mm, 2.78 grams. Cf. Vondrovec [Göbl, Hunnen] Type 226. SKU X3538-45837

The Nezak Huns were the last of the four Hunnic states in the area of the Hindu Kush, active from circa 484 to 665 CE. They ruled over Zabulistan (from Ghazni) and Kabulistan (from Kapisa) for about two centuries, spanning twelve generations. They rose to power in the wake of the Sassanian defeat at the hands of Hephthalites. The founder, Khingal, might have been a Huna ally or an indigenous ruler, who accepted tributary status. Nothing particular is known about the next ten rulers; they received regular diplomatic missions from the Tang Dynasty throughout, and some of them coexisted with the Alchon Hunas c. mid sixth century. The polity disintegrated in mid seventh century, faced with increasing invasions from the Arab frontier and the throne was usurped by Barha Tegin, a vassal, who established the Turk Shahis.