Khingila I (Firdowsi: Shengil, Alkhano: Khigi, Chinese: Cha-Li) c.430-490, apparently of the Haital tribe (Chinese: 厌哒 or 嚈噠) from Kushan (Chinese: 貴霜), a contemporary of Akhshunwar (fl. 484) in Khwarezm.
In response to the migration of the Wusun (who were hard-pressed by the Rouran) from Zhetysu to the Pamir region (Chinese: 葱嶺), Khingila united the Uar (Chinese: 滑) and the Xionites (Chinese: 西戎) in 460AD, establishing the Hepthalite (Chinese: 厌带夷栗陁) dynasty.
According to the Syrian compilation of Church Historian Zacharias Rhetor, bishop of Mytilene, the need for new grazing land to replace that lost to the Wusun led Khingila's "Uar-Chionites" to displace the Sabirs to the west, who in turn displaced the Saragur, Ugor and Onogur, who then asked for an alliance and land from Byzantium.
| Preceded by: Akshuwar in Khwarezm |
Hepthalite rulers | Succeeded by: Toramana I |