Yaglakar clan

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Yaglakar
Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰍𐰞𐰴𐰺‎, romanized: Yaγlaqar

Chinese :藥羅葛; pinyin :Yàoluógé
Yaglakar clan tamga.png
Tamga of Yaglakar
Country Uyghur Khaganate, Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom
FounderBezgek Yaglakar Khan (Mythical)
Connected families Ädiz clan
Dissolution795

The Yaglakar clan was the first imperial clan of the Uyghur Khaganate. Descendants of the Yaglakar clan would later establish the Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom.

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Origin

The clan was named after a mythical founder Yaglakar Khan [1] or Buk Khan (卜可汗). [2] Initially a part of Tiele Confederation, they carried the hereditary title elteber later as subjects of the Tang dynasty. The first known member of the clan was Tegin Irkin (特健俟斤 *dək̚-ɡɨɐnH ʒɨX-kɨn > Tèjiàn Sìjīn).

Chiefs of the clan

NameChinese originalReignNotes
Tegin Irkin特健俟斤/時健俟斤Lady Wuluohun 烏羅渾
Yaoluoge Pusa藥羅葛菩薩?-629He was allied to Xueyantuo to make against the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.

Defeated Yukuk Shad. [3]

Yaoluoge Tumidu藥羅葛吐迷度647-648Submitted to Tang, was created Commander of Hanhai Area Command [4]
Yaoluoge Wuhe藥羅葛烏紇648Murdered his uncle Tumidu, was son-in-law of Chebi Qaghan
Yaoluoge Porun藥羅葛婆閏648-662Created chief by Cui Dunli on the order of Emperor Taizong of Tang
Yaoluoge Bisidu藥羅葛比粟毒662-680Rebelled against Emperor Gaozong of Tang, executed by Qibi Heli
Yaoluoge Dujiezhi藥羅葛獨解支680-695Son of Bisidu
Yaoluoge Fudifu藥羅葛伏帝匐695-719Son of Dujiezhi, was created Vice Military Commissioner of Hexi in 715 [5]
Yaoluoge Chengzong藥羅葛承宗719-727Son of Fudifu, exiled to Second Turkic Qaghanate
Yaoluoge Fudinan藥羅葛伏帝難727Commander of Hanhai Area Command
Yaoluoge Hushu藥羅葛護輸727Killed Jiedushi Wang Junchuo (王君㚟) and wounded Niu Xianke in 727
Yaoluoge Yibiaobi藥羅葛逸标苾727-744Founded Uyghur Khaganate

Khagans

Personal NameTurkic titleChinese titleReign
Yaoluoge Yibiaobi Qutlugh Bilge Köl Qaghan Huairen Khagan (怀仁可汗)744-747
Yaoluoge Moyanchuo Tengrida Bolmish El Etmish Bilge Qaghan Yingwu Weiyuan Pijia Qaghan (英武威遠毗伽闕可汗)747-759
Yaoluoge Yidijian Tengrida Qut Bolmish El Tutmish Alp Külüg Bilge Qaghan Yingyi Qaghan (英義可汗)759-780
Yaoluoge Dunmohe Alp Qutlugh Bilge Qaghan Wuyi Chenggong Qaghan (武義成功可汗)

Changshou Tianqin Qaghan (長壽天親可汗)

780-789
Yaoluoge Duoluosi Kulug Bilge Qaghan Zhongzhen Qaghan (忠貞可汗)789-790
Yaoluoge Achuo Qutluq Bilge Qaghan Fengcheng Qaghan (奉誠可汗)790-795

By the death of Yaoluoge Achuo in 795, the main line of the Yaglakar clan ceased to exist. However, successive khagans adopted the Yaglakar surname for prestige. [6] The rest of the clan members were exiled to the Tang capital Chang'an. An epitaph was recently found in 2010 in Xi'an which belonged to one of the Yaglakar princes, Prince Gechuai (葛啜王子), [7] younger brother of Yaoluoge Dunmohe [8] who died of cold fever on 11 June 795 and was buried on 28 June 795.

However, another line of the Yaglakar clan came to rule the Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom in 890s. [9]

Ganzhou Uyghur kings

Personal NameTurkic titleChinese titleReign
Yaoluoge RenmeiYingyi Qaghan (英義可汗)911-924
Yaoluoge Aduo/Diyin/RenyuShunhua Qaghan (順化可汗)

Fenghua Qaghan (奉化可汗)

924-959
Yaoluoge Jingjiong960-975
Yaoluoge MilieYaglakar Bilge Qaghan976-983
Yaoluoge ?Zhongshun Baode Qaghan (忠順保德可汗)1004-1016
Yaoluoge GuihuaHuaining Shunhua Qaghan (懷甯順化可汗)1016-1023
Yaoluoge TongshunGuizhong Baoshun Qaghan (歸忠保順可汗)1023-1028
Yaoluoge YasuBaoguo Qaghan (寶國可汗)1028-1032

The last member of the clan, Baoguo Qaghan, committed suicide in 1032 after the Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom was annexed by the Western Xia. [10] Yuri Zuev proposed that the Yaglakar clan survived and eventually became Mongolized under the name "Jalairs". [11]

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The - was the second imperial clan of the Uyghur Khaganate.

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