Muqan Qaghan

Muqan Qaghan 木桿可汗
Ashina Yandou 阿史那俟斤
Third Qaghan of the First Turkic Khaganate
Reign553 – 572
PredecessorIssik Qaghan
SuccessorTaspar Qaghan
Died572
IssueApa Qaghan
Empress Ashina
Yangsu Tegin
HouseAshina
FatherBumin Qaghan
ReligionTengrism

Muqan Qaghan[1] (Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰆𐰴𐰣𐰴𐰍𐰣 Muqan qaγan,[2] Chinese:木桿可汗/木杆可汗, Pinyin: mùgǎn kěhàn, Wade-Giles: mu-kan k'o-han or 木汗可汗, mùhàn kěhàn, mu-han k'o-han, personal name: 阿史那燕都, āshǐnà yàndōu, a-shih-na yen-to, Sogdian: mwx’n x’γ’n, Rouran: Muɣan Qaɣan) 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.

  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. ^ Ethno Cultural Dictionary, TÜRIK BITIG

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