Issik Qaghan
Issik Qaghan | |
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Qaghan of the First Turkic Khaganate | |
Reign | 552 – 553 |
Predecessor | Bumin Qaghan |
Successor | Muqan Qaghan |
Issue | Ishbara Qaghan Bagha Qaghan |
House | Ashina |
Father | Bumin Qaghan |
Religion | Tengrism |
Issik Qaghan (Chinese: 乙息記可汗 Yǐxījì kěhàn; personal name: Ashina Keluo 阿史那科罗) was the second ruler of the Turkic Khaganate.
Name[]
His name is reconstructible in Middle Chinese as *kʰuâ-lâ, which transliterated either non-Turkic *Kvara or Old Turkic Qara.[1]
Rule[]
During his brief rule, he defeated the Rouran khagan Yujiulü Dengzhu. He is recorded to have sent a tribute of 50,000 horses to Western Wei in May 553. He died the same year.[2]
References[]
Categories:
- Göktürk rulers
- Ashina house of the Turkic Empire
- 6th-century Turkic people