Bayanchur Khan

Eletmish Bilge Qaghan
Qaghan of Uygur Qaghanate
Khagan of Uyghurs
Reign747–759
PredecessorKutlug Bilge Khagan
SuccessorBögü Qaghan
BornYàolúogě Mòyánchùo (藥羅葛磨延啜)
713
Near Gansu, Hanhai Protectorate (瀚海), Hangai Mountains
DiedMay 759 (aged 45–46)
SpouseElbilge Khatun
Princess Xiaoguo (蕭國公主)
Regnal name
Tengrida Bolmish El Etmish Bilge Qaghan (𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰀⁚𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐱁⁚𐰠𐱅𐰢𐰾𐰋𐰠𐰏𐰀⁚𐰴𐰍𐰣)
Heavenborn State Founding Wise Qaghan
HouseYaglakar clan
FatherKutlug Bilge Khagan
ReligionTengrism

Mo-yun Chur (磨延啜) (b. 713 - d.759) or Eletmish Bilge Qaghan was second qaghan of Uyghur Khaganate. His Tang dynasty invested title was Yingwu Weiyuan Pijia Qaghan[1] (Chinese: 英武威遠毗伽闕可汗; lit. 'Brave and Martial qaghan', 'that awes the distant lands'[2]) or simply Yingwu Qaghan (Chinese: 英武可汗; lit. 'Brave and Martial qaghan'). He was also known as Gelei Qaghan (Chinese: 葛勒可汗; pinyin: Gélēi Kèhán). His official regnal name in Turkic was Tengrida Bolmish Eletmish Bilge Qaghan[3] (Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰀⁚𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐱁⁚𐰠𐱅𐰢𐰾𐰋𐰠𐰏𐰀⁚𐰴𐰍𐰣, romanized: Teŋride bolmuš El Etmiš Bilge qaγan, lit. 'Tengri-born State Founder Wise Qahgan'). He is mostly famous for ordering the erection of the Tariat Inscriptions.[4]

  1. ^ Theobald, Ulrich. "Huihe 回紇, Huihu 回鶻, Weiwur 維吾爾, Uyghurs (www.chinaknowledge.de)". www.chinaknowledge.de. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  2. ^ Mackerras, Colin (1973). The Uighur Empire according to the T'ang dynastic histories : a study in Sino-Uighur relations, 744-840 ([2d edition] ed.). Columbia. pp. 17, 66, 134. ISBN 0872492796. OCLC 578841.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Inscription El etmish Bilge kagan". bitig.org. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  4. ^ Tekin, Talat (1983). "The Tariat (Terkhin) Inscription". Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 37 (1/3): 43–68. ISSN 0001-6446. JSTOR 23657553.