Oguz Türkmen’s GREAT HUN STATE

2500 years after Oguz Han’s state, there was another state founded with the same spirit and structure. One of the most omnipotent Hans of the Great Hun State was no doubt Mete Han. His name in Chinese sources is Mao-Tun. His origin was Oguz. Mete Han was also called Oguz Han because of his resemblance to his ancestor. In his reign, he ruled the country in a way very similar to that of Oguz Han. For this reason, there have emerged contradictory views about Mete Han and Oguz Han, some claiming they were the same person. Mete Han, however, was the Hakan who recognized the necessity of unifying the Oguz, Hun and all the Türkmen tribes and ensuring this unity by following the example of his ancestor Oguz, when he felt the state was threatened with complete collapse and ruin.

Mete Han’s father was Duman Beg. In Chinese sources he is recorded as Teoman. About 220 B.C., Teoman expanded the borders of the state up to the edge of Chinese territory. After Teoman, Mete Han succeeded to the throne in 209 B.C.

Mete Han had whistling arrows manufactured and special factories built for the production of bows and arrows. Great Hun Han Mete brought 26 states under his rule and divided the administration into 84 provinces. He ruled over 18 million km², land stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Indian Ocean on one side and from the Himalayas to Siberia on the other side. After Mete Han his son, Gök Han, took his place. Some of the letters written by Mete Han to the king of China, Hiao-Wen, are preserved in the archives of China. Mete Han’s ideas concerning peace, ease and security, mentioned in one of his letters sent to the Chinese king, are very interesting. In this letter he states the following: