Muqan Qaghan

Muqan Qaghan
木桿可汗
Muqan Qaghan ; 木桿可汗
Qaghan of the First Turkic Khaganate
Reign	553 – 572
Predecessor	Issik Qaghan
Successor	Taspar Qaghan
Born	Ashina Yandou (阿史那俟斤)
Died	572
Issue	Apa Qaghan ; Empress Ashina ; Yangsu Tegin
House	Ashina
Father	Bumin Qaghan
Religion	Tengrism

Muqan Qaghan^[1] (Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰆𐰴𐰣:𐰴𐰍𐰣, romanized: Muqan Qaγan,^[2] Chinese: 木杆可汗/木汗可汗; pinyin: Mùgān Kèhán/Mùhàn Kèhán, Sogdian: 𐼍𐼇𐼉𐼒𐼎 𐼉𐼒𐼄𐼒𐼎, romanized: mwx’n x’γ’n, Rouran: 𑀫𑀼𑀖𑀅𑀦 𑀕𑀅𑀖𑀅𑀦, romanized: Muɣan Qaɣan^[3]) was the second son of Bumin Qaghan and the third khagan of the Göktürks who expanded their khaganate and secured the borders against the Hephthalites, making it the biggest country ever existing at the time.

^ Gary Seaman, Daniel Marksm, Rulers from the steppe: state formation on the Eurasian periphery, Ethnographics Press, Center for Visual Anthropology, University of Southern California, 1991, ISBN 978-1-878986-01-6, pp. 96–97.
^ Muqan qaγan - Ethno Cultural dictionary
^ Vovin, Alexander (2019-06-18). "A Sketch of the Earliest Mongolic Language: the Brāhmī Bugut and Khüis Tolgoi Inscriptions". International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics. 1 (1): 162–197. doi:10.1163/25898833-12340008. ISSN 2589-8825.

[1] Gary Seaman, Daniel Marksm, Rulers from the steppe: state formation on the Eurasian periphery, Ethnographics Press, Center for Visual Anthropology, University of Southern California, 1991, ISBN 978-1-878986-01-6, pp. 96–97.

[2] Muqan qaγan - Ethno Cultural dictionary

[3] Vovin, Alexander (2019-06-18). "A Sketch of the Earliest Mongolic Language: the Brāhmī Bugut and Khüis Tolgoi Inscriptions". International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics. 1 (1): 162–197. doi:10.1163/25898833-12340008. ISSN 2589-8825.

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