El Bilga Khatun Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰼𐰾:𐰴𐰍𐰣 | |
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Khatun of the Second Turkic Khaganate | |
Successor | El Etmish Bilge Khatun |
Spouse | Ilterish Khagan |
Issue | Bilgä Qaǧan Kul Tigin Tonja Tegin |
House | Ashide |
Religion | Tengrism |
El Bilga Khatun (Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰼𐰾:𐰴𐰍𐰣, romanized: Elbilge qatun;[1] Chinese: 比爾加·哈通; pinyin: Bǐ'ěr jiā·hā tōng) or Ilbilga Katun[2] was the wife of the 8th century Göktürk Turkic Qaghan, Ilterish Qaghan, the founder of the Second Turkic Khaganate and the mother of Bilgä Qaghan, the fourth Qaghan of the same Khaganate. She is mentioned in the Orkhon inscriptions erected in honor of Bilgä Qaghan and his brother.