Sy Yabghu Qaghan was a khagan in the
Western Turkic Khaganate between 631–633 or 630–632. His full title was Yǐpí (shā)bōluō sì yèhù kèhán 乙毗(沙)钵罗肆叶护可汗 (reconstructed
Old Turkic: *''
Irbis ~ Yelbi
(Ysh)bara Sir Yabghu Khagan''); personal name: Ashina Xili 阿史那咥力
Reign
He was raised to throne by the support of
Nushibi (a part of the OnOk confederation) tribes as well as
Nishu a cousin of him. However he was not more successful than his predecessor. He couldn't control
Syr-Tardush
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tribes and he executed so many people that even his former partisan Nishu planned to escape. After losing his supporters and prestige he escaped to south in 633. Nishu (with titular name
Dulu Khagan) succeeded him.
Later years
He tried to raid the city of
Balkh
), named for its green-tiled ''Gonbad'' ( prs, گُنبَد, dome), in July 2001
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(now in north
Afghanistan), but was killed in the clash.
[L.M.Gümilev :''Eski Türkler'', tr:Ahsen Batur, Selenge yayınları, İstanbul, 2002, , , pp.265-266]
References
Göktürk khagans
Ashina house of the Turkic Empire
633 deaths
7th-century Turkic people
Year of birth unknown
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