abstract:The Karluks (also Qarluqs, Qarluks, Karluqs, Old Turkic: , Qarluq,Ethno Cultureerral Dictionary, TÜRIK BITIG Persian: خَلُّخ (Khallokh), Arabic قارلوق "Qarluq") were a prominent nomadic Turkic tribe residing in the regions of Kara-Irtysh (Black Irtysh) and the Tarbagatai Mountains west of the Altay Mountains in Central Asia. They were also known as the Gelolu (, customary phonetic: Gelu, Khololo, Khorlo or Harluut).