The Ashide (; Middle Chinese: *ÃÂÃÂ-ÃÂè<sup>X</sup>tÃÂkÃÂ; Old Tibetan: A sha sdeâÂÂ) were a Turkic tribe and a high ranking noble family in Turkic Khaganate. It was related to the ruling dynasty of the Turkic Khaganate, the Ashina tribe.
According to Zheng Qiao's 1161 Tongzhi (vol. 29), the Ashide descended from an ancient ShÃÂshàn kèhán å§ÂÃ¥ÂÂå¯池(lit. "First Good Khagan"), whose identity remains unknown.
Peter A. Boodberg derives both *âÂÂâà ÂitÃÂk, whence Ashide, and *âÂÂâà Âinâ, whence Ashina, from one Proto-Turkic root *aà Â- ("to cross [a mountain]").
The Ashide's status as the Ashina's conjugal clan is documented in the Youyang Zazu, which contains a myth that Ashina's ancestor Shemo fell in love with the sea-goddess west of the Ashide cave.
Yury Zuev reconstructed Old Turkic *Aà Âtak, further from Middle Persian AzdahÃÂg, from Avestan Aà ¾i DahÃÂka "Serpent, Dragon", related to Azhdaha.
H. W. Bailey, apud Golden (2018), noticed similarity between Ashide and Iranian *xà ¡aita âÂÂrulerâÂÂ, cf. Sogd. xà ¡ÃÂô, axà ¡ÃÂô âÂÂrulerâÂÂ.
The baga-tarkhan (military leader) of four Göktürk khagans, Tonyukuk and the mother of Chinese warlord An Lushan were both of Ashide origin.
Historian S. G. Klyashtorny said that originally Ashina and Ashide together were part of a dual system, well known among the Turkic and Mongolic peoples.
Ashide chiefs bore the title Irkin (Hanzi: ä¿Âæ¤; Pinyin: Sijin) common with tribal leaders in the Turkic Khaganate. However, their particular position is determined by kinship with the dynasty; it was no coincidence that one of Irkin Ashide tegin held the title 'the prince of the royal family'. The Ashide clan did not have a single source. The New Book of Tang mentioned Da Ashide and Bayan Ashide; their tamgas differ from tamgas of the Ashide.
To the end of the 7thâÂÂ8th centuries, it was probably more correct to speak about the Ashide as one of the tribes of the khaganate, which together with the Ashina was the main military and political support of the Turkic dynasty. Ashide leaders initiated the liberation revolt of the Turkuts (679âÂÂ682) against the Tang dynasty.