Ashina Anluo (
Sogdian: ''wmn’ x’γ’n'', trad. 阿史那庵邏 ;simp. 阿史那庵逻) was the fifth ruler of the
Turkic Khaganate The Göktürks founded two major khanates known as the Turkic Khaganate:
* First Turkic Khaganate, which then fractured into
** Western Turkic Khaganate
** Eastern Turkic Khaganate
* Second Turkic Khaganate
See also
* Turkic khanate
* List of Turk ...
. in the sixth century. His regnal title is not recorded in Chinese sources.
Reign
Although he was enthroned after his father's death in 581, soon his cousin
Talopien (
Mukan Khagan
Muqan Qaghan (Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰆𐰴𐰣𐰴𐰍𐰣 Muqan qaγan, Chinese:木桿可汗/木杆可汗, Pinyin: mùgǎn kěhàn, Wade-Giles: mu-kan k'o-han or 木汗可汗, mùhàn kěhàn, mu-han k'o-han, personal name: 阿史那燕都, āshǐn ...
's son) rebelled claiming that Taspar willed the title to him. Another cousin
Shetu (
Issik Khagan
Issik Qaghan (Chinese: 乙息記可汗 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 ...
's son) however supported Amrak. Amrak, being the least powerful of the three abandoned and renounced his title in favor of Shetu. In turn Shetu (regnal title Ishbara) declared him a lesser khagan in
Tuul River
, , "to wade through"
, nickname = Queen Tuul
, image = Tuul River Mongolia.JPG
, image_size =
, image_caption = The Tuul flowing through the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park
, map = Toula (rivi ...
valley (now in
Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
).(''See''
Göktürk civil war
The Göktürk civil war or Turkic interregnum was a number of political crises in the Turkic Khaganate first between 583 and 603, which resulted in the split of the khaganate into Western and Eastern.
Background
The Turkic Khaganate was an ...
)
[Gümilev: ''Eski Türkler'',(Trans:Ahsen Batur), Selenge yayınları, İstanbul,2002, , p.141]
References
{{Göktürks
Ashina house of the Turkic Empire
Year of birth unknown
Göktürk rulers