Amrak Khagan
Ashina Anluo | |
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Qaghan of the First Turkic Khaganate | |
Reign | 581 |
Predecessor | Taspar Qaghan |
Successor | Apa Qaghan (in Bukhara) Ishbara Qaghan (in East) Tardu (in West) |
House | Ashina |
Father | Taspar Qaghan |
Religion | Tengrism |
Ashina Anluo (Chinese:
Name
[edit]His name is subject to debate. Book of Sui and Tongdian recorded his name as Ānluó (Chinese: 菴羅) whereas Zizhi Tongjian recorded similarly sounding version Ānluó (Chinese:
Reign
[edit]According to Chinese sources he was enthroned after his father's death in 581, soon his cousin Talopien (Mukan Khagan's son) proposed his own claim, saying that Taspar willed the title to him. Just like Taspar inherited this title from his father. Chinese sources suggest that Anluo's mother was a noble while Talopien's mother was a commoner, hence he wasn't favorable. Another cousin Shetu (Issik Khagan's son) supported Anluo, threatening to rebel if the throne is passed to Talopien. Meanwhile, Talopien still harassed Anluo and sent few emissaries to force him to abdicate.[6] Anluo, being the least powerful of the three abandoned and renounced his title in favor of Shetu. In turn Shetu created him Dier Khagan (Chinese:
References
[edit]- ^ Tekin, Talat. (1993) "Irk Bitig (The Book of Omens)" Turcologia 18. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. p. 47
- ^ Erdal, Marcel. (2004) A Grammar of Old Turkic Leiden: Brill. p. 108
- ^ Bauer, Susan Wise (2010). The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-393-05975-5.
- ^ "The Book of Omens" Line 66 at Türik Bitig
- ^ Gumilev, Lev (2003). Древние тюрки. История образования и расцвета Великого тюркского каганата (VI-VIII вв. н.э.) [Ancient Turks. History of the formation and heyday of the Great Turkic Khaganate (VI-VIII centuries AD)] (in Russian). Kristall. p. 69. ISBN 5-306-00313-3.
- ^ a b 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: 49–50.
- ^ Liu, Mao-tsʻai; Liu, Mau-Tsai (1958). Die chinesischen Nachrichten zur Geschichte der Ost-Türken (T'u-küe) [The Chinese account of the history of the Eastern Turks (Tujue).] (in German). Vol. 2. O. Harrassowitz. p. 522.