El Etmish Kutluk Bilge () was a
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 ...
of the
Turgesh.
[{{Cite journal, last=Thierry, first=Francois, title=François Thierry, « Three Notes on Türgesh Numismatics », Proceedings of the Symposium on Ancient Coins and the Culture of the Silk Road, Sichou zhi lu guguo qianbi ji Silu wenhua guoji xueshu yantaohui lunwenji 絲綢之路古國錢幣暨 絲路文化國際學術研討會 論文集, Shanghai Bowuguan décembre 2006, Shanghaï 2011, 413-442, url=https://www.academia.edu/2487423, language=en]
Early life
He was born Tumodu (都摩度) in the ''Black Turgesh'' tribe. He was a high-ranking general in
Suluk's army, however his name can be a title as well.
After
Baga Tarkhan's coup, he supported Suluk's son
Kut Chor in Suyab.
Reign
After Baga Tarkhan's fall, he was acknowledged as khagan by
Xuanzong['' Siku Quanshu'', Book of Tang]
vol 215A
/ref> on 26 July 744.Yibo Yibo (移拨) or Yiber Kutluk Bilge Koch () — was a khagan of Turgesh acknowledged by Xuanzong between 18 August - 15 September 749. In 751, he was allied with the Abbasid Caliphate and Tibet against Tang general Gao Xianzhi
Gao Xianzhi, or Go S ...
.
References
8th-century Turkic people
Türgesh rulers
8th-century rulers in Asia