Niri Qaghan

Niri Qaghan
Niri Qaghan
	Memorial statue of Niri Qaghan, at Mongolküre, Xinjiang, China
Qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate
Reign	587-599
Predecessor	Apa Qaghan
Successor	Heshana Khagan
Died	599
Spouse	Lady Xiang (向氏)
Issue	Heshana Khagan
House	Ashina
Father	Yangsu Tegin
Religion	Buddhism

Niri Qaghan (Chinese: 泥利可汗; pinyin: Nílì Kèhán; Sogdian: 𐼎𐼘𐼊 𐼉𐼒𐼄𐼒𐼎, romanized: nry x’γ’n, probably Rouran: nı̣rı̣ qaγan) was a ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate.^[2]

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^ Pohl, Walter (15 December 2018). The Avars: A Steppe Empire in Central Europe, 567–822. Cornell University Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-5017-2940-9.
^ Bauer, Susan Wise (2010). The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-393-05975-5.

[1] Pohl, Walter (15 December 2018). The Avars: A Steppe Empire in Central Europe, 567–822. Cornell University Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-5017-2940-9.

[2] Bauer, Susan Wise (2010). The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-393-05975-5.

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