Zhangxin Qaghan
Khagan of Uyghurs
Reign833-839
PredecessorZhaoli Qaghan
SuccessorQasar Qaghan
BornYaoluoge Hu (藥羅葛胡)
Died839
Regnal name
Ay Tengride Qut Bolmish Alp Külüg Bilge Qaghan (𐰖:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰀:𐰸𐰆𐱃:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐱁:𐰞𐰯:𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰴𐰍𐰣)
Blessed at Moon God, Courageous, Glorious, Wise Qaghan
HouseÄdiz clan Birth Yaglakar clan Official
FatherChongde Qaghan

Zhangxin Qaghan (Chinese: 彰信可汗; lit. 'Manifesting sincerity') 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. ^ Mackerras, Colin. (1972). The Uighur Empire according to the T'ang Dynastic Histories. A study in Sino-Uighur relations 744-840 ([2d ed.] ed.). Canberra: Australian National University Press. ISBN 0708104576. OCLC 624702.
  3. ^ Çandarlıoğlu, Gülçin (2004). Uygur devletleri tarihi ve kültürü: Çin kaynakları ve Uygur kitabelerine göre (in Turkish). İstanbul: Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı. ISBN 9789754981674. OCLC 57231275.
  4. ^ Drompp, Michael Robert, 1953- (2005). Tang China and the collapse of the Uighur Empire : a documentary history. Leiden: Brill. p. 35. ISBN 9004141294. OCLC 56318277.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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