Sarmatian horses

[Alanus]

Michael and all,

There does seem to be confusion in the names, but the Heavenly Horse came from the Ili Valley (as you mentioned). I think the name "Heavenly Horse" may have simply come from the mountain range that ran along the back of the Ili Valley.


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The range is the "Tian Shan"... the Heavenly Mountains.

Zhang Qian and Sima Qian have the same first name but come from different families, the Zhang gens and Sima gens. Hungarians also write their first name last.