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''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 (藥羅葛胡). He succeeded his uncle in 833.


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Chinese records state that he sent an embassy lead by
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, accompanied with 7 women horse-archers and two
Shatuo The Shatuo, or the Shatuo Turks (; also transcribed as Sha-t'o, Sanskrit SartZuev Yu.A., ''"Horse Tamgas from Vassal Princedoms (Translation of Chinese composition "Tanghuyao" of 8-10th centuries)"'', Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences, Alma-Ata, I ...
captives on 16 June 835. His peace policy with China proved him an unpopular ruler. This led to a rebellion in 839 by the Sogdian official An Yunhe (安允合) and Uyghur minister Chai Lei (柴勒). Qaghan was able to defeat and kill them, but a subsequent battle against another Uyghur official, general Jueluowu (掘羅勿) along with the
Shatuo The Shatuo, or the Shatuo Turks (; also transcribed as Sha-t'o, Sanskrit SartZuev Yu.A., ''"Horse Tamgas from Vassal Princedoms (Translation of Chinese composition "Tanghuyao" of 8-10th centuries)"'', Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences, Alma-Ata, I ...
chief Zhuye Chixin was lost. Zhangxin committed suicide following the battle.{{Cite book, title=Tang China and the collapse of the Uighur Empire : a documentary history, last=Drompp, Michael Robert, 1953-, date=2005, publisher=Brill, isbn=9004141294, location=Leiden, pages=35, oclc=56318277 He was succeeded by Qasar Qaghan.


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