The Göktürk family tree refers to the ruling
Ashina clan of the
Turkic Khaganate, a vast medieval empire which stretched from
northeast China
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to the
Black Sea
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.
[Jean Paul Roux: ''Türklerin Tarihi (Historie des Turcs)'', tr:Prof Dr Aykut Kazancıgil, Lale Arslan Özcan, Kabalcı yayınevi, İstanbul, 2007, p 101.] The following family tree is given in five sections:
[L.M.Gümilev :''Eski Türkler'', trans:Ahsen Batur, Selenge yayınları, İstanbul, 2002, , , pp.561-564]
#The united empire up to 603 (death of Tardu Khagan)
#The west half of the empire which was ruled by
yabgus on behalf of the central khagans up to 599 and the same half ruled independently after the empire was partitioned.
#East half of the empire after 603
#The reestablishment of the empire after 681 (
Second Turkic Khaganate)
#West and east parts of the first empire
The color legend is as follows.
It can be seen that both the central empire and (later) the east wing were ruled by the descendants of Bumin and the west part was ruled by the descendants of İstemi with two exceptions;
* Tardu, a
yabgu of the west became the central khagan between 599 and 603.
* Yukuk, a
shad
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(a prince) in the east wing became the ruler of the west wing.
In the following trees only those with reigning dates became khagan or yabgu.
First Empire (before the partitioning)
Eastern Turkic Empire (after 603)
Western Turkic Empire (after 603)
First Empire (United and partitioned together)
Second Empire
Footnotes
References
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Ashina tribe
Göktürks
Family trees of royalty