Back تونغ يابغو Arabic Tonq Yabqu xaqan Azerbaijani تونق يابقو خاقان AZB Тун Ябгу Bulgarian T'ong Che-hu Catalan تون جبغو خان Persian Tong Yabgu Khagán Hungarian 統葉護可汗 Japanese ჯაბღუ Georgian Тон қаған Kazakh
| Tong Yabghu Qaghan | |
|---|---|
| Qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate | |
| Reign | 618–628 |
| Predecessor | Sheguy |
| Successor | Baghatur Qaghan |
| Died | 628 |
| House | Ashina |
| Religion | Buddhism[1] |
Tong Yabghu Qaghan[a] (r. 618–628 or 630[3]) was the khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate from 618 to 628 AD. Tong Yabghu was the brother of Sheguy (r. 611–618), the previous khagan of the western Göktürks, and was a member of the Ashina clan;[4] his reign is generally regarded as the zenith of the Western Göktürk Khaganate.[5]
- ^ Allchin Raymond Allchin (2019). The Archaeology of Afghanistan: From Earliest Times to the Timurid Period: New Edition. pp. 5–96.
Tong Yabgu was favourably inclined towards Buddhism...
- ^ Golden, P.B. An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. Series: Turcologica, 9. Wiesbaden: Otto-Harrassowitz. p. 135, 71
- ^ 628 from Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 193. 630 in Baumer,2,198, Christian, p260, Sinor,309 has alive in 630. Baumer starts the reign c617.
- ^ Christian 260
- ^ Golden, Nomads 30.
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