Ashina Tuizi
阿史那俀子
Qaghan of Western Turkic Khaganate
Reign693 - 700
PredecessorAshina Duzhi (claimant to Western Turkic Khaganate)
Ashina Yuanqing (client khagan)
SuccessorAshina Huseluo
HouseAshina
FatherAshina Yuanqing
ReligionTengrism

Ashina Tuizi (693-700) — was a claimant Qaghan of Western Turkic Khaganate following invasion of Tang dynasty.

Life

Tuizi escaped Tang after the execution of his father at the hand of Lai Junchen. After arriving in Tibetan Empire in 693, he claimed Onoq Khaganate with regnal title Tong Yabgu Khagan. He was soon joined by his uncles Ashina Babu (阿史那拔布) and Ashina Poluo (阿史那仆罗).[1]

In 694, combined forces of khagan and Tibetan general Gar Tsenyen Gungton ("Bolun Zanren" (勃論贊刃) in Chinese) suffered a defeat near Qinghai Lake against Wang Xiaojie. Later that year Tridu Songtsen and Tuizi attacked Lengchen and raided several cities.[2]

According to the Old Tibetan Annals, he was sent to Tujue in 700.[3] Some think he was sent as a reinforcement for Axiji Baolu (阿悉吉薄露), who was thought to be of Western Turk origin and who raised a rebellion against the Tang.[4] Some think he was sent to the Second Turkic Qaghanate as a messenger of the united front with the Tibetan Empire.[5]

In 705, he again allied with the Tibetan Empire and conquered the Fergana Valley. In 706, Tang army was driven off.[6]

References

  1. ^ New Book of Tang, Guo Yuanzhen's biography
  2. ^ Ancient Tibet : research materials from the Yeshe de Project. Yeshe De Project., Dharma Publishing. Berkeley, CA, USA: Dharma Publishing. 1986. ISBN 0898001463. OCLC 14357431.((cite book)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ Dotson, Brandon (2009). The Old Tibetan annals : an annotated translation of Tibet's first history. Hazod, Guntram. Wien: Verlag der osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 9783700161028. OCLC 423070060.
  4. ^ Beckwith, Christopher I. (1993). The Tibetan empire in central Asia : a history of the struggle for great power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the early Middle Ages. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691024693. OCLC 26763809.
  5. ^ Moriyasu, Takao (1984). "Toban no Chūō Ajia shinshutsu" [The Entry and Withdrawal of the Tibetans from Central Asia]. Kanazawa Daigaku Bungakubu Ronshū, Shigakuka hen (in Japanese). 4: 1–85. ISSN 0285-6522.
  6. ^ Whiting, Marvin C. (2002). Imperial Chinese Military History: 8000 BC-1912 AD. iUniverse. p. 273. ISBN 9780595221349.
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