Tonyukuk
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Tonyukuk or Ashide Yuanzhen was the baga-tarkhan and adviser of four successive Göktürk khagans – Ilterish Qaghan, Qapaghan Qaghan, Inel Qaghan and Bilge Qaghan. He conducted victorious campaigns agai
Gold belt ornaments, Tonyukuk ritual place, Tov, Erdene.
The Tonyukuk inscriptions.
Second Turkic Khaganate
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The Second Turkic Khaganate was a khaganate in Central and Eastern Asia founded by Ilterish of the Ashina clan of the Göktürks and lasted from 682 to 744. It was preceded by the Eastern Turkic Khagana
Tonyukuk
…dismissed and jailed by the military governor Changshih. Although he lost early wars against Xue Rengui, he was a formidable force in establishing the Second Turkic Khaganate. In 687, the Tang invaded Göktürk land again. Empress Dowager Wu commissioned the ethnically Baekje general Heichi Changzhi, assisted by Li Duozuo, to…
Bust of Kul Tigin (AD 684–731), prince of the Second Turkic Khaganate, found in Khashaat, Arkhangai Province, Orkhon River valley. Located in the National Museum of Mongolia.
Golden Crown of Bilge Qaghan from the burial site at Khoshoo Tsaidam.
Türk soldier in armour, Shorchuk, Xinjiang, 8th century CE.
Silver Deer of Bilge Qaghan from the burial site at Khoshoo Tsaidam.