Alaqush Tegin Quri or Alaqush Digit Quri (, , died 1211) was a tribal leader of

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s and a contemporary of

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Biography

He was

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ruler of Turkic ancestry who is first remembered by sources when he was approached by the Nayman prince

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in 1203, who shared the same cultural and religious background with him. While the Naimans were negotiating for a possible alliance against

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, Alaqush secretly sent a messenger named Johannan to him, informing them of brewing troubles. Tayang Khan soon was killed in 1204 and Alaqush Tegin formed an alliance with Genghis, pledging loyalty to him and receiving the hand of Genghis' daughter Alakhai Bekhi for his son Buyan Shiban in return in 1207. During the Mongol invasion of Northern China, Alaqush assisted Genghis Khan by handing over the passage through the

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that he was guarding during his service to the

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. However, later Öngüds revolted against Genghis Khan in 1211 and killed both Alaqush and his son. Having suppressed the uprising eventually, Genghis Khan intended to execute all Ongud men taller than the cart axle, but was dissuaded by Alaqush's nephew Shigü (or Zhenguo in Chinese rendering) and Alakhai, thus, only the instigators of the murder were executed along with their families. Alakhai subsequently married Shigü. Alaqush was posthumously awarded the title King of Gaotang (高唐王) by Emperor Chengzong of Yuan in 1305.

Family

Descendants of Alaqush continued to intermarry with the

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family and retained special status within the empire for generations: * Buyan Shiban (d. 1211) - married Alakhai Bekhi * Boyaohe - m. Alakhai in 1225 in

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References

13th-century Mongol khans Church of the East Christians 1211 deaths Year of birth unknown