Apa Qaghan (
Chinese
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: 阿波可汗, Chinese:
Pinyin
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: ābō kěhàn,
Wade-Giles: a-po k'o-han,
Middle Chinese
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: (
Guangyun
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) , personal name: 大邏便/大逻便, dàluóbiàn, ta-lo-pien, reigned: 581–587) was son of
Muqan Qaghan
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 ...
, declared himself qaghan 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 ...
. His claim of power came with the will of
Taspar
Taspar Qaghan ( Sogdian: ''t’asp’r γ’γ’n'') or Tatpar Qaghan (Sogdian: ''t’tp’r x’γ’n'', Rouran: ''Tadpar qaɣan''; Old Turkic: 𐱃𐱃𐰯𐰺𐰴𐰍𐰣 Tatpar qaγan, 佗缽可汗/佗钵可汗, Pinyin: tuóbō kěhàn, Wad ...
. He did not accept
Ishbara Qaghan
Ishbara Qaghan ( otk, 𐰃𐱁𐰉𐰺𐰀:𐰴𐰍𐰣, Ïšbara qaγan, Chinese 沙缽略可汗/沙钵略可汗, Pinyin: ''shābōlüè kěhàn'', Wade-Giles: ''sha-po-lüeh k'o-han'') or Erfu Kehan (Chinese: 爾伏可汗; Middle Chinese: '' ...
as rightful emperor, leading to
Gokturk Civil War.
Life
He allied himself with
Tardu
Tardu or Tardush Yabghu was the second yabgu of the Western Turkic Khaganate (c. 575–603), and ninth Qaghans of the Turkic khaganates, Khagan of the First Turkic Khaganate (599–603). He was the son of Istämi.
Names
The regnal name in Turk ...
and
Tamgan
Tumgan (also known as Turkshad, Turxanthos or Turksanf) was a shad (governor prince) of the Turkic Empire (also called Göktürk) in the late 6th century. According to Edward Gibbon his name may be a title rather than a proper name.
Background
In ...
- sons of
Istemi.
However he soon lost most major battles and retreated to
Bukhara
Bukhara (Uzbek language, Uzbek: /, ; tg, Бухоро, ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan, with a population of 280,187 , and the capital of Bukhara Region.
People have inhabited the region around Bukhara ...
. He died soon in 587. Succeeded by his younger brother,
Yangsu Tegin
Yangsu Tegin was a Gökturk prince. According to Lev Gumilyov, he was a son of Tardu, however Takeshi Osawa suggested that he was a son of Muqan Qaghan and father of Niri Qaghan
Niri Qaghan (; Sogdian: ''nry x’γ’n'', Ruanruan: ''nı̣rı̣ ...
.
References
Göktürk rulers
Ashina house of the Turkic Empire
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