Issik Qaghan (Chinese: 乙息記可汗; pinyin: Yǐxījì kěhàn) was the second ruler of the Turkic Khaganate.
| Issik Qaghan | |
|---|---|
| Qaghan of the First Turkic Khaganate | |
| Reign | 552 – 553 |
| Predecessor | Bumin Qaghan |
| Successor | Muqan Qaghan |
| Born | Ashina Keluo (阿史那科罗) |
| Died | 553 |
| Issue | Ishbara Qaghan Bagha Qaghan |
| House | Ashina |
| Father | Bumin Qaghan |
Biography
editHis personal name was Ashina Keluo (Chinese: 阿史那科罗) which is reconstructible in Middle Chinese as *kʰuâ-lâ, which is transliterated as either non-Turkic *Kvara or Old Turkic Qara.[1] His regnal name Yixiji was reconstructed by Ahmet Taşağıl as Ilji.[2] He is also referred to as Ayi Qaghan (阿逸可汗) in Cefu Yuangui.[3]
During his brief rule, he defeated the Rouran khagan Yujiulü Dengzhu near Mulai Mountain to north of Woye Town (modern Wuyuan County, Inner Mongolia). He is recorded to have sent a tribute of 50,000 horses to Western Wei in May 553. He died the same year after an illness and was succeeded by his younger brother Yandou.[4]
References
edit- ^ Golden, Peter B. (1992). An introduction to the history of the Turkic peoples: ethnogenesis and state-formation in medieval and early modern Eurasia and the Middle East. Turcologica. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz. p. 121. ISBN 978-3-447-03274-2.
- ^ Taşağıl, Ahmet (2013). Kök Tengri'nin Çocukları - Avrasya Bozkırlarında İslam Öncesi Türk Tarihi [Children of Kök Tengri - Pre-Islamic Turkish History in the Eurasian Steppes] (in Turkish). Istanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat. p. 128. ISBN 9786055261658.
- ^ Erkoç, Hayrettin İhsan (2016). "Batı Göktürk Kağanlığı'nın Kuruluşu" [Foundation of the Western Türk Qaġanate]. Journal of Faculty of Letters (in Turkish). 33 (1). Hacettepe University.
- ^ Hongsheng, Cai (2023-11-24). Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange: A Historical Perspective. Taylor & Francis. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-003-80491-8.