Zhangxin Qaghan Explained

Zhangxin Qaghan
Reign:833-839
Predecessor:Zhaoli Qaghan
Successor:Qasar Qaghan
Royal House:Ädiz clan Birth

Yaglakar clan Official

Father:Chongde Qaghan
Death Date:839
Succession:Khagan of Uyghurs
Regnal Name:Ay Tengride Qut Bolmish Alp Külüg Bilge Qaghan (:::::::|label=none)
Blessed at Moon God, Courageous, Glorious, Wise Qaghan
Birth Name:Yaoluoge Hu (藥羅葛胡)

Zhangxin Qaghan or Alp Külüg Bilge Qaghan was the eleventh ruler of Uyghurs. His personal name was Yaoluoge Hu (藥羅葛胡). He succeeded his uncle in 833.[1]

Reign

Chinese records state that he sent an embassy led by Princess Taihe to Tang, accompanied with seven women horse-archers and two Shatuo captives on 16 June 835.[2]

His peace policy with China proved him an unpopular ruler.[3] This led to a rebellion in 839 by the Sogdian official An Yunhe (安允合) and Uyghur minister Chai Lei (柴勒). Qaghan was able to defeat and kill them, but a subsequent battle against another Uyghur official, general Jueluowu (掘羅勿) along with the Shatuo chief Zhuye Chixin was lost. Zhangxin died by suicide following the battle.[4] He was succeeded by Qasar Qaghan.

References

  1. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 244.
  2. Book: Mackerras, Colin.. The Uighur Empire according to the T'ang Dynastic Histories. A study in Sino-Uighur relations 744-840.. 1972. Australian National University Press. 0708104576. [2d ed.]. Canberra. 624702.
  3. Book: Çandarlıoğlu, Gülçin. Uygur devletleri tarihi ve kültürü: Çin kaynakları ve Uygur kitabelerine göre. 2004. Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı. 9789754981674. İstanbul. Turkish. 57231275.
  4. Book: Drompp, Michael Robert, 1953-. Tang China and the collapse of the Uighur Empire : a documentary history. 2005. Brill. 9004141294. Leiden. 35. 56318277.