Illig Qaghan

Illig Khagan
頡利可汗
Fourth Khagan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate
Reign620-630
PredecessorChulou Qaghan
SuccessorNone
BornAshina Duobi
阿史那咄苾
Died13 February 634[1]
SpousePrincess Yicheng (義成公主)
IssueYukuk Shad
Posthumous name
Huang (荒)
HouseAshina
FatherYami Qaghan
MotherPoshi 婆施
ReligionTengrism

Illig Qaghan[2] (Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰏𐰴𐰍𐰣; simplified Chinese: 颉利可汗; traditional Chinese: 頡利可汗; pinyin: Jiélì Kèhán; died 13 February 634), born Ashina Duobi (Chinese: 阿史那咄苾; pinyin: Āshǐnà Duōbì), posthumous name Prince Huang of Guiyi (歸義荒王), was the last qaghan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.

  1. ^ ([贞观八年]春,正月,癸未,突厥颉利可汗卒。) Zizhi Tongjian, vol.194. Emperor Taizong's biography in Old Book of Tang also gave the same death date, but referred to him by his name "Ashina Tubi". ([贞观]八年正月癸未,右卫大将军阿史那吐苾卒。) Jiu Tang Shu, vol.03.
  2. ^ The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 3., Cambridge University Press, 1978, p. 181.