Qasar Qaghan () was the twelfth qaghan of Uyghurs.

Reign

According to Japanese researcher Haneda Toru ( 羽田亨) he was the same person as Uyghur general Jueluowu (掘羅勿) who rebelled against

Zhangxin Qaghan )''Blessed at Moon God, Courageous, Glorious, Wise Qaghan'', birth_name=Yaoluoge Hu (藥羅葛胡), religion=, posthumous name=Zhangxin Qaghan () or Alp Külüg Bilge Qaghan was the eleventh ruler of Uyghurs. His personal name was Yaoluoge Hu (藥� ...

. However, according to Michael Drompp, Qasar was a

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who was raised to the throne by Jueluowu. In any case his reign was very brief. Against usurpation, Uyghur general Külüg Bagha ({{Lang-zh, c=句禄莫和, s=, t=, p=Jùlù Mòhé) fled to

Yenisei Kyrgyz The Yenisei Kyrgyz ( otk, 𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰕:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣, Qyrqyz bodun), were an ancient Turkic peoples, Turkic people who dwelled along the upper Yenisei River in the southern portion of the Minusinsk Depression from the 3rd century B ...

and appealed for help. Apart from war, there was a major plague and major snow storm, causing great deaths of the Uyghur livestock and leading to its sudden decline of the state. Using opportunity, Külüg Bagha and 100000 Kyrgyz forces invaded

Ordu-Baliq Ordu-Baliqalso spelled ''Ordu Balykh, Ordu Balik, Ordu-Balïq, Ordu Balig, Ordu Baligh'' (meaning "city of the court", "city of the army"; mn, Хар Балгас, ), also known as Mubalik and Karabalghasun, was the capital of the first Uyghur ...

and burned the city. Qasar and Jueluowu were killed by a Kyrgyz leader titled Ā-rè (阿熱;

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: /ʔɑ-ȵiᴇt̚/ < *''Änäl'', phonetic variant of

Old Turkic Old Turkic (also East Old Turkic, Orkhon Turkic language, Old Uyghur) is the earliest attested form of the Turkic languages, found in Göktürks, Göktürk and Uyghur Khaganate inscriptions dating from about the eighth to the 13th century. It ...

''İnäl''), who would take the title Qaghan.

Aftermath

Following Kyrgyz sack of capital, Uyghur minister Sazhi (馺职) and Pang Tegin (庞特勒) together with fifteen clans went to the land of the Karluk (葛逻禄) for refuge. Another group of refugees fled with Uyghur Prince Wamosi to Tang China.''

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'', vol. 246. A remnant group continued to claim statehood under leadership of

Wujie Qaghan Üge Qaghan (烏介可汗) — was the twelfth ruler of Uyghurs. His Uyghur name was probably Üge (). Life He was a younger brother of Zhaoli Qaghan and an uncle of Zhangxin Qaghan.''Tang Huiyao''vol 98/ref> He claimed the qaghanal title after t ...

References

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