Tengri Qaghan
Tengri Qaghan (Old Turkic: đ± đ°đ°Œđ°:đ°Žđ°đ°Ł) (734 or 739 or 740 â 741) was the sixth ruler of the Second Turkic Khaganate.
| Tengri Khagan ç»ć©ćŻæ± | |
|---|---|
| Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate | |
| Reign | 739-741 |
| Predecessor | Yollıg Khagan |
| Successor | Kutluk Yabgu Khagan (Usurper) Ashina Shi (Basmyl chief) ĂzmiĆ Khagan (son of Pan Kul Tigin) |
| Regent | Po Beg |
| Born | Ashina Kutluk éżćČéŁéȘšć |
| Died | 741 |
| Issue | Princess Yuzhu (é€çć Źäž») [1] |
| House | Ashina |
| Father | Bilge Qaghan |
| Mother | Po Beg |
| Religion | Tengrism |
Background
He was the second son of the fourth ruler, Bilge Khagan, and was preceded by his elder brother Yollig Khagan. Tengri was a minor and dominated by his mother Po Beg.
Reign
In 740, Xuanzong sent his envoy Li Zhi (æèłȘ) who declared him Tengri Khagan.[2] His mother El Bilge Khatun and chancellor Yusi Tarkhan (飫æŻéćčč)[3] conspired together to centralize the state and kill the cousins who were ruling as governors in the west and the east. While they succeeded killing the western shad, the eastern shad Pan Kul Tigin rebelled and marched on the capital. He captured Tengri and executed him, causing his mother and regent El Bilge Khatun to flee.
After death
Pan Kul Tigin crowned another brother of Tengri in 741 and himself as regent. However, he was soon defeated by rebelling Basmyl chief Ashina Shi (éżćČéŁæœ), another rebel who was his nephew.
References
- Zhenqing, Yan. "Special report". zh.wikisource.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-07-29.
- Ahmet., TaĆaÄil (1995â2004). Gök-TĂŒrkler. AtatĂŒrk KĂŒltĂŒr, Dil, ve Tarih YĂŒksek Kurumu (Turkey). Ankara: TĂŒrk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. ISBN 975161113X. OCLC 33892575.
- "New Book of Tang, vol 215B / æ°ćæž/ć·215äž - 绎ćșæćșïŒèȘç±çćŸäčŠéŠ" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-07-29.
Sources
- Christoph Baumer, History of Central Asia, volume 2, p 263.
- Lev Gumilyov, The Ancient Turks, 1967, Chapters xxiii+xxvi (long account in Russian at: )