Yollıg Khagan Explained

Yollıg Khagan
伊然可汗
Reign:734-739
Succession:Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate
Predecessor:Bilge Qaghan
Successor:Tengri Qaghan
Spouse:Yusaifu (餘塞匐)
Royal House:Ashina
Father:Bilge Qaghan
Mother:Po Beg
Birth Name:Ashina Yiran
阿史那伊然
Death Date:739
Religion:Tengrism

Yollıg Khagan (Old Turkic: : Pronunciation: Yollıg Tigin,, personal name: ; 734–739?)[1] was the fifth ruler of the Second Turkic Khaganate.[2]

He was Bilge Khagan's son. Besides being author of Orkhon Inscriptions, nothing much is known about him. His wife Yusaifu left for Tang after 744.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Chinese sources give 734–41 for the reigns of Yollig and Tengri. The transition year is given as 734 (Jiu Tang Shu), 740 (Xin Tang Shu) (both in Baumer, page 265, footnote) and 739 (Gumilyov, Ancient Turks, ch xxiii).
  2. Book: Bauer , Susan Wise . The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade. W. W. Norton & Company. 2010. 978-0-393-05975-5. 238.
  3. Web site: Special report. Zhenqing. Yan. Yan Zhenqing. zh.wikisource.org. zh. 2018-07-29.