Tengri Qaghan (Old Turkic: đ± đ°đ°Œđ°:đ°Žđ°đ°Ł, personal name: Ashina Kutluk, éżćČéŁéȘšć) (734 or 739 or 740 â 741) was the sixth ruler of the Second Turkic Khaganate.
Background
Ashina Kutluk was the second son of the fourth ruler, Bilge Qaghan, and was preceded by his elder brother Yollıg Qaghan. Tengri was a minor and his mother QutluÄ SĂ€bĂ€g Qatun ruled during his reign.
Reign
In 740, Xuanzong sent his envoy Li Zhi (æèłȘ) who declared him Tengri Qaghan.[2] His mother QutluÄ SĂ€bĂ€g Qatun and chancellor Yusi Tarkhan (飫æŻéćčč)[3] conspired together to centralize the state and kill the cousins who were ruling as shads (governors) in the west and the east. While they succeeded in 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 to flee.
After death
Pan Kul Tigin crowned his son ĂzmiĆ as Qaghan in 741 and himself as regent. However, he was quickly defeated and executed by Ashina Shi (éżćČéŁæœ) who marched to the capital and executed both Kutluk Yabghu and ĂzmiĆ, declaring himself qaghan.
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: [1])