Duolu Qaghan (full title: ) was a ruler of the
Western Turkic Khaganate during 632–634 or 633–634.
Early life
He was
Bagha Shad
Bagha Shad ( otk, 𐰉𐰍𐰀𐱁𐰑, translit=baγa šad, ) was a Göktürk ''shad'' or general of the early 7th century CE. He was a close kinsman and subject of the Western Göktürk khagan, Tong Yabghu. Bagha Shad was probably the father o ...
's son. After his uncle
Tong Yabgu was killed by
Külüg Sibir
Külüg Sibir or Baghatur Khagan (r. 630) was a ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate (empire) in the 7th century. He was probably Tardu's son and the governor of the northern provinces of the empire during the reigns of his nephews. (''see'' Gö ...
, the candidate of eastern or
Duolu faction (the other being the western
Nushibi faction) the Duolu tribes became the dominant power of the western empire. Nishu, then a partisan of rival
Nushibi clan supported his cousin (Tong's son)
Dieli Teqin to throne in 631. In 633 after a coup, Dieli escaped to south and Nushibi clan supported Nishu who was a living in
Karasahr (now a city in
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autono ...
of
China
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) to throne.
According to the Turkish historian Prof. Dr. Aydın Usta, who relies on the medieval Persian historian
Al-Taberi,
Ibn al-Athir and
Belazuri, Duolu tried to help
Khusrow III against the armies of the Arabic caliphate and participated in minor battles, but he had to return east because of a rebellion.
Reign
Beginning with his reign, the Nushibi clan became the dominant power. In 634 after a year of rule he died and left his throne to his brother ''Tong Shad'' (later
Ishbara Tolis
Ishbara Tolis was the ruler of Western Turkic Khaganate (empire) between 634–639. His full title was ''Shābōluō xìlìshī (~diélìshī) kèhán'' 沙钵罗咥利失可汗, personal name ''Ashina Tong-e'' 阿史那同俄).
Reign
He was Ba ...
).
[L.M.Gümilev :Eski Türkler, tr:Ahsen Batur, Selenge yayınları, İstanbul, 2002, , , pp.266-267]
References
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Turkic rulers
Year of birth unknown
Ashina house of the Turkic Empire
Year of death missing