Bilge Kul Qadir Khan Explained

Kül Bilge Qadır Khan
Succession:	Khagan of Karakhanids
Reign:	840 – ?
Successor:	Bazir Arslan Khan
Death Date:	Unknown
House:	Karakhanid dynasty
Noble House:	Ashina tribe
Religion:	Tengrism

Kül Bilge Qadır Khan (Karakhanid: کُلْ بِلْكا قَادِرْ خَانْ) or Bilge Kul Qara Khan^[1] was the first known ruler of the Karakhanids.^[2]

Tribal affinity

There are different theories on the tribal identity of Bilge Kul khagan. According to Western and Kazakh historiographies, he was a ruler of Isfijab, a descendant of the Karluk yabghu.^[3] Alternatively, he was from the Edgish tribe, a part of the Chigils^{[4] [5]} or a Yagma. According to Pritsak, he claimed the title "Khaqan" after the fall of Uyghur khaganate since he was from the Ashina dynasty.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} However, Wei Liangtao claims that he was, in fact, Pang Tegin, a ruler of remnants of the Uyghur ruling dynasty in Khotan.^[10] Qian Baiquan doubted that.^[11]

References

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2. Book: Al-Surah min al-Sihah. Jamal al-Qarshi. Muhammad ibn 'Umar. Jawhar. Isml ibn ammd. 1869. Kashzhar. Robarts - University of Toronto.
3. https://e-history.kz/en/history-of-kazakhstan/show/9505/ "Karluk Yabghu State (756-940)"
4. Book: Kochnev, Boris Dmitrievich. Numizmaticheskai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡ Karakhanidskogo kaganata, 991-1209 gg.. 2006. Sofii︠a︡. Nastich, V. N.. 978-5955005546. Moskva. 127918156.
5. Book: O., Karaev. Istorii︠a︡ karakhanidskogo kaganata : X-nachalo XIII vv. 1983. Izd-vo "Ilim. 299764682.
6. Book: The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia. Sinor. Denis. Dénes. Sinor. 1990. Cambridge University Press. 9780521243049. 351. en.
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8. Pritsak. Omeljan. Die Karachaniden. 1953. Der Islam. 31. 1. 10.1515/islm.1953.31.1.17. 201849645. 0021-1818.
9. Kli︠a︡shtornyĭ, S. G. (2004). Gosudarstva i narody Evraziĭskikh stepeĭ : drevnostʹ i srednevekovʹe. Peterburgskoe Vostokovedenie. Sultanov, T. I. (Tursun Ikramovich) (2-e izd., isprav. i dop ed.). Sankt-Peterburg
10. Wei. Liangtiao. 1982. About the History of the Karahan Dynasty, Literature and Research (关于喀喇汗王朝的史科, 文献及研究情况). Academic Journal of Xinjiang University. 1. 43–55.
11. Qian. Baiquan. 1982. Was the Karakhanid dynasty established by Pang Tegin? The problems of the westwards movement of Uygurs and Pang Tegin. (喀喇汗王朝是庞特勤创建的吗 ? 回鹘西迁和庞特勤问题). Studies on Northwestern Ethnic Minorities. 2.