Tengri Qaghan

Tengri Khagan
登利可汗
Sixth Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate
Reign 739-741
Predecessor Yollıg Khagan
Successor Kutluk Yabgu Khagan (Usurper)
Ashina Shi (Basmyl chief)
Özmiş Khagan (son of Pan Kul Tigin)
Regent Po Beg
Born Ashina Kutluk
阿史那骨咄
Died 741
Issue Princess Yuzhu (餘燭公主) [1]
House Ashina
Father Bilge Qaghan
Mother Po Beg

Tengri Qaghan (734 or 739 or 740 – 741) was the sixth ruler of the Second Turkic Khaganate.

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 (李質) who created him Tengri Khagan.[2]His mother El Bilge Khatun and chancellor Yusi Tarkhan (飫斯達幹)[3] conspired together to centralize state and kill cousins who were ruling as governors in west and east. While they succeeded killing western shad, eastern shad Pan Kul Tigin rebelled and marched on 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 (阿史那施), another rebel who was his nephew.

References

  1. ↑ Zhenqing, Yan. "Special report". zh.wikisource.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  2. ↑ Ahmet., Taşağil, (1995–2004). Gök-Türkler. Atatürk Kültür, Dil, ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu (Turkey). Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. ISBN 975161113X. OCLC 33892575.
  3. ↑ "New Book of Tang, vol 215B / 新唐書/卷215下 - 维基文库，自由的图书馆" (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: )
Tengri Qaghan
Preceded by
Yollıg Khagan		 Khagan of the Second Turkic Khaganate
? - 741		 Succeeded by
Kutluk Yabgu Khagan (Usurper)
Ashina Shi (Basmyl chief)
Özmiş Khagan (son of Pan Kul Tigin)
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