Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan

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Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan
Qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate (Nushibi faction)
Reign	640–641
Predecessor	El Kulug Shad
Successor	Irbis Seguy
Died	641
House	Ashina
Father	Genna Shad (伽那设)
Religion	Tengrism

Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan was a qaghan of the Nushibi faction in Western Turkic Khaganate in 630 and 641.

Name

He had multiple names recorded in Chinese annals. His personal name is not recorded, however, several modern works refer to him as Ashina Bobu (阿史那薄布). ^[1] The Old Book of Tang refers to him as Bopu Tegin (Chinese : 薄布特勒, romanized: Bóbù Tèlēi). Xue Zhongzheng reconstructed his Turkic name as *Basliq (leader). ^[1] Another name recorded for him in the New Book of Tang was Baghatur Yabgu (Chinese : 畢賀咄葉護, romanized: Bìhèduō Yèhù). ^[2] His full regnal name was Yipi Shabolue Yehu Qaghan (Chinese : 乙毗沙钵罗叶护可汗, romanized: Yǐpí Shābōluó Yèhù Kèhán). Lev Gumilev reconstructed his regnal name as Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan. ^[3]

Biography

Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan's father was Kana Shad (Chinese : 伽那设, romanized: Jiānà Shè), who was described as a brother of Ishbara Tolis Qaghan. Josef Markwart identified his father with Kana (from the Bukhar Khudahs), who is said to have introduced the minting of coins in Bukhara. ^[4] He was acknowledged as qaghan by Emperor Taizong of Tang following the death of his cousin, El Kulug Shad. Choosing Suyab as his capital, he sent governors to the Tarim Basin, Tashkent, Samarkand and Bactria to assert his rule. ^[5] However, he was killed by the tudun of Tashkent on the orders of Yukuk Shad in 641. Yukuk absorbed his realm while the Nushibi faction promoted another cousin as qaghan after him.

References

1. Xue, Zongzheng (1995). 安西与北庭: 唐代西陲边政硏究 [Anxi and Beiting: A Study on the Western Frontier Policies of the Tang Dynasty] (in Chinese). Heilongjiang Education Publishing House. p. 157. ISBN   978-7-5316-2857-6.
2. Ouyang, Xiu. "西突厥" [Western Türks]. 新唐書[ New Book of Tang ] (in Chinese). Vol. 140–2. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
3. Gumilev, Lev (2003). Древние тюрки. История образования и расцвета Великого тюркского каганата (VI-VIII вв. н.э.) [The Ancient Turks. History of the formation and flourishing of the Great Turkic Khaganate (VI-VIII centuries AD)](PDF) (in Russian). Kristall. p. 149. ISBN   5-306-00313-3.
4. Marquart, Josef (1938). Wehrot und Arang: untersuchungen zur mythischen und geschichtlichen landeskunde von Ostiran [Wehrot and Arang: Investigations into the mythical and historical history of East Iran] (in German). E. J. Brill. p. 151.
5. Taşağıl, Ahmet (2003). Gök-Türkler (in Turkish). Vol. 2. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. pp. 66–67. ISBN   975161113X. OCLC   33892575.