Niri Qaghan
| Niri Qaghan | |
|---|---|
 Memorial statue of Niri Qaghan, at Mongolküre, Xinjiang, China.[1] | |
| Qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate | |
| Reign | 587-599 |
| Successor | Heshana Khagan |
| Died | 599 or 604 |
| Spouse | Lady Xiang (向氏) |
| Issue | Heshana Khagan |
| Father | Yangsu Tegin |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Niri Qaghan (Chinese: 泥利可汗; pinyin: Ní lì kè hán; Sogdian: nry x’γ’n, Rouran: nı̣rı̣ kagan) was a ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate.[2]
Reign
According to Baumer[3] he ruled from 579 to circa 602/03. Baumer notes that the better-documented Tardu ruled from 575 to 603. According to de La Vaissere, the unnamed Turkic ruler who was in correspondence with Emperor Maurice was Niri.[4]
Family
He was the grandson of Muqan Qaghan. His Chinese wife Lady Xiang (向氏) was married to his brother Poshi Tegin (婆實特勤) after his death and submitted to the Tang during end of the Kaiyuan era.[5] However, his exact death date remains problematic. According to Chavannes, he died in 603 in a battle during the rebellion.[6] Osawa on the other hand, states he died in 599.[7] He was survived by his son Heshana Khagan.
Legacy
- His memorial complex and statue exist in Xinjiang. Later, inscriptions were found at the west part of the stone man. They were written in two languages. Sogdian one was read by Yutaka Yoshida (Kyoto university),[8] and an Old Turkic one was read by Takashi Osawa (Osaka University)[9][10] He founded a Buddhist temple in Romitan.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Pohl, Walter (15 December 2018). The Avars: A Steppe Empire in Central Europe, 567–822. Cornell University Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-5017-2940-9.
- ^ Bauer, Susan Wise (2010). The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-393-05975-5.
- ^ Christoph Baumer, History of Central Asia, volume 2, page 198, referencing Liu Mao-Tsai, Die Chinesischen Nachrichten..,1958
- ^ Ötüken'den İstanbul'a Türkçenin 1290 Yılı (720-2010) Sempozyumu: bildiriler = From Ötüken to İstanbul, 1290 Years of Turkish (720-2010): papers. Ölmez, Mehmet. İstanbul: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi. 2011. ISBN 9786055592738. OCLC 976465442.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Erkoç, Hayrettin İhsan. "Batı Göktürk Kağanlığı'nın Kuruluşu / Foundation of the Western Türk Qaġanate".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Chavannes, Édouard (1903). Documents sur les Tou-Kiue [Turcs] occidentaux (in French). Paris: Libr. d'Amérique et d'Orient : A. Maisonneuve. OCLC 491349744.
- ^ "Revisiting the Ongi inscription of Mongolia from the Second Turkic Qa anate on the basis of rubbings by G. J. Ramstedt - PDF". docplayer.net. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "Reports on the Sogdian texts newly discovered in Xinjiang","STUDIES ON THE INNER ASIAN LANGUAGES",vol.6:57-83.
- ^ "New Perspectives for the Turk Study: A Stone statue with a Sogdian inscription along the ILi river in Xinjiang: As a source of the royal geneaology of the early Turkic Khanate periods","Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology Special Issue", vol.20:327-378.
- ^ "TURK BITIG". bitig.org. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ Shamsiddin Sirozhiddinogly, Kamoliddin; Шамсиддин Сирожиддиноглы, Камолиддин (2006). Drevneti︠u︡rkskai︠a︡ toponimii︠a︡ Sredneĭ Azii. Tashkent. p. 95. ISBN 9789943000032. OCLC 83599082.
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