 The word appearing in the Avesta is "Sairima", which some historians equate with the name Sayram.There is mention of a river, and a land or people called "Sairima elis", or people or land of/near Sayram.In the 7th century, the Western Turkic Confederation consisted of five Tu-lu and five Nu-shih-pi tribes, known collectively as the On Oq (Ten Arrows) and by the Chinese as Shih Hsing (Ten Clans).