Are (surname)

Are (Chinese: 阿熱; pinyin: Ārè), also rendered as Aro and Aje, is a Chinese surname with origins in the Western Regions. The Biographies of the Huigu from the Old Book of Tang stated:

> The Xiajiasi are what were in ancient times the Kingdom of Jiankun [(堅昆)]. They claimed to be descendants of Li Ling. As their ruler was known as Are, they took the surname of Are.

The ruling house of the Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate bore the surname Are. Yenisei Kyrgyz khagans claimed descent from the Han dynasty general Li Ling.[1][2][3]

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1. ^ Veronika Veit, ed. (2007). The role of women in the Altaic world: Permanent International Altaistic Conference, 44th meeting, Walberberg, 26–31 August 2001. Vol. 152 of Asiatische Forschungen (illustrated ed.). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 61\. ISBN 978-3447055376. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
2. ^ Michael Robert Drompp (2005). Tang China and the collapse of the Uighur Empire: a documentary history. Vol. 13 of Brill's Inner Asian library (illustrated ed.). BRILL. p. 126\. ISBN 9004141294. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
3. ^ Kyzlasov, Leonid R. (2010). The Urban Civilization of Northern and Innermost Asia Historical and Archaeological Research (PDF). Curatores seriei VICTOR SPINEI et IONEL CANDEÂ VII. Vol. The Urban Civilization of Northern and Innermost Asia Historical and Archaeological Research. ROMANIAN ACADEMY INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY OF IAȘI Editura Academiei Romane – Editura Istros. p. 245\. ISBN 978-973-27-1962-6. Florilegium magistrorum historiae archaeologiaeque Antiqutatis et Medii Aevi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2020-04-30.

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