Ashina Zhen (also referred to as Shi Zhen 史震) — was a puppet

khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...

set up by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty in China; He ruled briefly.

Life

He was a son of

Ashina Xian Ashina Xian was a Western Turk khagan, also a general of Protectorate General to Pacify the West from 708 to 717, appointed by the Tang dynasty. Life When his father was executed by Lai Junchen in 692, he was exiled to Yazhou. However, he was r ...

. In October, 735, Turkic tribe leader and warlord Suluk attacked the

Beiting Protectorate The Beiting Protectorate-General, initially the Beiting Protectorate, was a Chinese protectorate established by the Tang dynasty in 702 to control the Beiting region north of Gaochang in contemporary Xinjiang. Wu Zetian set up the Beiting ...

. As a reaction, he was appointed as Xingxiwang Khagan to defend the

Four Garrisons of Anxi The Four Garrisons of Anxi were Chinese military garrisons installed by the Tang dynasty between 648 and 658. They were stationed at the Indo-European city-states of Qiuci (Kucha), Yutian (Hotan), Shule (Kashgar) and Yanqi (Karashahr). The P ...

and attached him to Gai Jiayun (蓋嘉運). However he was removed from this post when he was defeated in 736.

Source

Cefu Yuangui ''Cefu Yuangui'' (冊府元龜) is the largest ''leishu'' (encyclopedia) compiled during the Chinese Song Dynasty (AD 960–1279). It was the last of the '' Four Great Books of Song'', the previous three having been published in the 10th cen ...

8th-century Turkic people Ashina house of the Turkic Empire Tang dynasty generals Göktürk khagans {{China-bio-stub