Alaqush Tegin Quri or Alaqush Digit Quri (, , ? - d. 1211) was a tribal leader of

Ongud The Ongud (also spelled Ongut or Öngüt; Mongolian: Онгуд, Онход; Chinese: 汪古, ''Wanggu''; from Old Turkic ''öng'' "desolate, uninhabited; desert" plus ''güt'' "class marker") were a Turkic tribe that later became Mongolized ac ...

s and a contemporary of

Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...

Biography

He was

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ruler of Turkic ancestry who is first remembered by sources when he was approached by

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prince Tayang Khan in 1203, who shared same cultural and religious backgrounds with him. While Naimans were negotiating for a possible alliance against Temujin, Alaqush secretly sent a messenger named Johannan to him, informing them of brewing troubles. Tayang Khan soon killed in 1204 and Alaqush Tegin formed an alliance with Genghis, pledging loyalty to him and receiving the hand of Genghis' daughter

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for his son Buyan Shiban in return in 1207. During the Mongol invasion of Northern China, Alaqush assisted Genghis Khan by handing over the passage through the

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that he was guarding during his service to Jin Dynasty. However, later Öngüds revolted against Genghis Khan in 1211 and killed both Alaqush and his son. Having suppressed the uprising eventually, Genghis Khan intended to execute all Ongud men taller than the cart axle, but was dissuaded by Alaqush's nephew Shigü and Alakhai, thus, only the instigators of the murder were executed along with their families. Alakhai subsequently married Shigü. Alaqush was posthumously awarded the title King of Gaotang (高唐王) by Emperor Chengzong of Yuan in 1305.

Family

Descendants of Alaqush continued to intermarry with

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family and retained special status within the empire for generations: * Buyan Shiban (d. 1211) - married

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*** Constance (Quštanz, 火思丹) - married to Princess Zhuhuzhen, son of Prince Buluochu ( Ögedei's great-grandson)

References

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