Ashina Shi Explained

Alp Bilge Qağan
賀臘毗伽可汗
Reign:742 – 744
Coronation:742
Succession:Qaghan of the Basmyl
Predecessor:Ozmish Qaghan
Kutluk Yabgu Khagan
Successor:Kutlug I Bilge Kagan
Birth Name:Ashina Shi
阿史那施
Death Date:744
House:Ashina
Father:Uti beg
Religion:Tengrism

Alp Bilge[1] Qağan[2] or Eletmiş Qağan[3] was a Basmyl chief who rebelled and brought Second Turkic Khaganate to an end.

Reign

His personal name was Ashina Shi (阿史那施)[4] was a grandson of Ashina Duoxifu (阿史那咄悉匐), thus a grand-nephew to Ilterish and Qapaghan khagans. He successively fought against three Tujue leaders - Pan Kul Tigin, Kutluk Yabgu Khagan and Ozmish Qaghan.

In 742, he appointed Karluks to leadership of right wing and Uyghurs to leadership of left wing. However, he was soon deposed by Uyghurs, which signalled beginning of Uyghur Empire.

References

  1. Kasai, Yukiyo (2014) "The Chinese Phonetic Transcriptions of Old Turkish Words in the Chinese Sources from 6th-9th Century Focused on the Original Word Transcribed as Tujue 突厥" in Studies of Inner Asian Languages 29. p. 125-133 of 57-135
  2. [Ouyang Xiu]
  3. [Ouyang Xiu]
  4. Web site: Baximi 拔悉蜜 (www.chinaknowledge.de). Theobald. Ulrich. www.chinaknowledge.de. en. 2018-07-29.

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