Ashina Duzhi (r. 676–676) was a Qaghan of the

Western Turkic Khaganate The Western Turkic Khaganate () or Onoq Khaganate ( otk, 𐰆𐰣:𐰸:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣, On oq budun, Ten arrow people) was a Turkic khaganate in Eurasia, formed as a result of the wars in the beginning of the 7th century (593–603 CE) after t ...

following the conquest of

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Life

His connection to other members of Ashina dynasty is unknown. He was appointed commander of Fuyan (匐延) area by

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in 671, which was populated by Chumukun (処木昆部) tribes mostly. However, in 676 he proclaimed himself On Oq Qaghan or Shixing Khagan (), entered alliance with

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and invaded

Anxi Protectorate The Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Anxi Grand Protectorate), initially the Protectorate to Pacify the West (Anxi Protectorate), was a protectorate (640 – ) established by the Chinese Tang dynasty in 640 to control the Tarim Basin. Th ...

. However, the Tang retaliated and sent

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. His first act was to ask for escorting the Persian throne successor

Narsieh Narsieh ( pal, 𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩 ''Narseh''; ) was a Persian general who fled to the Tang dynasty with his father Peroz III, son of Yazdegerd III, the last Sassanid emperor of Persia, after the Muslim conquest of Persia. He was escorted back ...

to his homeland. Duzhi himself arrived to escort only to be captured by Pei and sent to

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. He was replaced by Wang Fangyi (王方翼). Narsieh was appointed to rule a castle formerly belonging to Khagan.

References

{{Göktürks 7th-century Turkic people Ashina house of the Turkic Empire Göktürk rulers