Issik Qaghan
Qaghan of the First Turkic Khaganate
Reign552 – 553
PredecessorBumin Qaghan
SuccessorMuqan Qaghan
IssueIshbara Qaghan
Bagha Qaghan
HouseAshina
FatherBumin Qaghan

Issik Qaghan (Chinese: 乙息記可汗; pinyin: 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 is transliterated as 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

  1. ↑ Golden, Peter B. (1992) An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. Otto-Harrassowitz. p. 121
  2. ↑ Hongen, Niu; 牛鴻恩 (2015). Xin yi Yi Zhou shu. Vol. 50. 袁宏. (Di 1 ban ed.). Taibei Shi: 三民書局. ISBN 9789571460192. OCLC 913445355.
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