Duolu Qaghan (full title: Chinese: 吞阿娄拔奚利邲咄陆可汗; pinyin: Tūn'ālóubáxīlìbì Duōlù Kèhán) was a ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate during 632–634 or 633–634.[1]
| Duolu Qaghan 咄陆可汗 | |
|---|---|
| Qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate | |
| Reign | 633-634 |
| Predecessor | Sy Yabghu Khagan |
| Successor | Ishbara Tolis |
| Born | Ashina Nishu 阿史那泥孰 |
| Died | 634 |
| House | Ashina |
| Father | Bagha Shad |
| Religion | Tengrism |
Early life
editHe was Bagha Shad's son. After his uncle Tong Yabgu was killed by Külüg Sibir, the candidate of eastern or Duolu faction (the other being the western Nushibi faction) the Duolu tribes became the dominant power of the western empire. Nishu, then a partisan of rival Nushibi clan supported his cousin (Tong's son) Dieli Teqin to throne in 631. In 633 after a coup, Dieli escaped to south and Nushibi clan supported Nishu who was a living in Karasahr (now a city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China) to throne.
According to the Turkish historian Prof. Dr. Aydın Usta, who relies on the medieval Persian historian Al-Taberi, Ibn al-Athir and Belazuri, Duolu tried to help Khusrow III against the armies of the Arabic caliphate and participated in minor battles, but he had to return east because of a rebellion.[2]
Reign
editBeginning with his reign, the Nushibi clan became the dominant power. In 634 after a year of rule he died and left his throne to his brother Tong Shad (later Ishbara Tolis).[3]
References
edit- ^ 632 and Tughluq from Baumer, Hist. Central Asia, 2, 205
- ^ Prof. Dr. Aydın Usta, Türkler ve İslamiyet, Yeditepe Yayınevi, 1. Baskı, March 2020, s. 56-57 ( using the Turkish translation of Belazuri's Fütuh el-Buldan, Al-Taberi's Tarih er-Rüsul ve'l-müluk) and the el-Kamil fi't-Tarih of İbn Al-Athir as sources)
- ^ L.M.Gümilev :Eski Türkler, tr:Ahsen Batur, Selenge yayınları, İstanbul, 2002, ISBN 975-7856-39-8, OCLC 52822672, pp.266-267