Bumin Qaghan
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founder of the Turkic Khaganate
Key facts
- Coronation
- 552 in Altai Mountains
- Successor
- Issik Qaghan
- Born
- Ashina Tumen (阿史那土門)
- Spouse
- Unknown wives Princess Changle (551)
- Issue
- Issik Qaghan Muqan Qaghan Taspar Qaghan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ashina
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkic Khaganate
- Place of death
- Turkic Khaganate
- Father
- Ashina Tuwu
- Sibling
- Istämi
- Occupation
- military leader
- Position held
- khagan
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Family
- Ashina
- Image
- Pınarbaşı 16.JPG
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- date of death
- 0552-01-01
- date of birth
- 0490-00-00
- name in native language
- 𐰉𐰆𐰢𐰣𐰴𐰍𐰣
- Commons category
- Bumin Qaghan
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Encyclopedic overview
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Bumin Qaghan (Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰆𐰢𐰣:𐰴𐰍𐰣, romanized: Bumïn qaɣan, died 552 AD) was the founder of the First Turkic Khaganate. His regnal title was Illig Qaghan (Chinese: 伊利可汗, romanized: Yīlì Kèhán, Wade–Giles: i-li k'o-han). He was the eldest son of Ashina Tuwu (吐務 / 吐务). He was the chieftain of the Turks under the sovereignty of the Rouran Khaganate. He is also mentioned as Tumen (土門, 吐門, commander of ten thousand) of the Rouran Khaganate.
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