Ädiz clan
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The Ädiz clan was the second imperial clan of the Uyghur Khaganate.
Tribe
The Ädiz clan was originally a member of the Tiele Confedera ...
The Yaglakar clan was the first imperial clan of the
Uyghur Khaganate
The Uyghur Khaganate (also Uyghur Empire or Uighur Khaganate, self defined as Toquz-Oghuz country; otk, 𐱃𐰆𐰴𐰕:𐰆𐰍𐰕:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣, Toquz Oγuz budun, Tang-era names, with modern Hanyu Pinyin: or ) was a Turkic empire that e ...
The clan was named after a mythical founder Yaglakar Khan or Buk Khan (卜可汗). Initially a part of Tiele Confederation, they carried the hereditary title ''
elteber
Elteber ( otk, 𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰋𐰼, elteber or ''(h)elitbär''; Chinese 頡利發 ''xié-lì-fā'' < EMCh: *''γεt-liH-puat'') was the '' later as subjects of the
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...
. The first known member of the clan was Tegin Irkin (特健俟斤 *''dək̚-ɡɨɐnH ʒɨX-kɨn'' > ''Tèjiàn Sìjīn'').
Chiefs of the clan
Khagans
By the death of Yaoluoge Achuo in 795, the main line of the Yaglakar clan ceased to exist. However, successive khagans adopted the Yaglakar surname for prestige. The rest of the clan members were exiled to the Tang capital
Chang'an
Chang'an (; ) is the traditional name of Xi'an. The site had been settled since Neolithic times, during which the Yangshao culture was established in Banpo, in the city's suburbs. Furthermore, in the northern vicinity of modern Xi'an, Qin Shi ...
. An epitaph was recently found in 2010 in
Xi'an
Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by #Name, other names, is the list of capitals in China, capital of Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province. A Sub-provincial division#Sub-provincial municipalities, sub-provincial city o ...
which belonged to one of the Yaglakar princes, Prince Gechuai (葛啜王子), younger brother of Yaoluoge Dunmohe who died of cold fever on 11 June 795 and was buried on 28 June 795.
However, another line of the Yaglakar clan came to rule the Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom in 890s.
Ganzhou Uyghur kings
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!Personal Name
!Turkic title
!Chinese title
!Reign
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, Yaoluoge Renmei
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, Yingyi Qaghan (英義可汗)
, 911-924
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, Yaoluoge Aduo/Diyin/Renyu
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, Shunhua Qaghan (順化可汗)
Fenghua Qaghan (奉化可汗)
, 924-959
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, Yaoluoge Jingjiong
,
,
, 960-975
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, Yaoluoge Milie
, Yaglakar Bilge Qaghan
,
, 976-983
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, Yaoluoge ?
,
, Zhongshun Baode Qaghan (忠順保德可汗)
, 1004-1016
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, Yaoluoge Guihua
,
, Huaining Shunhua Qaghan (懷甯順化可汗)
, 1016-1023
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, Yaoluoge Tongshun
,
, Guizhong Baoshun Qaghan (歸忠保順可汗)
, 1023-1028
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, Yaoluoge Yasu
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, Baoguo Qaghan (寶國可汗)
, 1028-1032
The last member of the clan, Baoguo Qaghan, committed suicide in 1032 after the Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom was annexed by the
Western Xia
The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (), officially the Great Xia (), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as ''Mi-nyak''Stein (1972), pp. 70–71. to the Tanguts and Tibetans, was a Tangut-led Buddhist imperial dynasty of China tha ...
. Yuri Zuev proposed that the Yaglakar clan survived and eventually became Mongolized under the name "
Jalairs
Jalair ( mn, Жалайр; ; ), also Djalair, Yyalair, Jalayir, is one of the Darliqin Mongol tribes according to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani's ''Jami' al-tawarikh''. They lived along the Shilka River in modern Zabaykalsky Krai of Russia.History of ...
".Zuev, Yu A. (2002). Early Turks: Essays on history and ideology. Oriental Studies Institute, Almaty: Daik-Press. pp. 104–105.