Kutluk Yabgu Khagan () was one of the last

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s (rulers) of the Second Turkic Khaganate.

Background

He was not a descendant of the former khagan. He was a yabgu (high officer) in the Khaganate. Tengri Qaghan was killed by Pan Kül Tigin, one of his [ shads (governors). However, Pan Kül Tigin was defeated by

Basmyl The Basmyls (''Basmyl''; Basmals, Basmils, otk, 𐰉𐰽𐰢𐰞, Basmïl, , Middle Chinese ZS: *''bˠɛt̚-siɪt̚-miɪt̚/mˠiɪt̚/miᴇ''; also 弊剌 ''Bìlà'', MC *''bjiejH-lat'')Golden, Peter B. ''An Introduction to the History of Turki ...

s, a Turkic tribe.

Reign and downfall

During the interregnum after Pan Kül Tigin's death, Kutluk Yabgu, enthroned a son of Bilge Khagan as the new Khagan, but soon he changed sides and declared himself as the Khagan in 741. In 742, the

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emperor Xuanzong organized a secret alliance within the Turkic Khaganate.

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and

Karluks The Karluks (also Qarluqs, Qarluks, Karluqs, otk, 𐰴𐰺𐰞𐰸, Qarluq, Para-Mongol: Harluut, zh, s=葛逻禄, t=葛邏祿 ''Géluólù'' ; customary phonetic: ''Gelu, Khololo, Khorlo'', fa, خَلُّخ, ''Khallokh'', ar, قارلوق ...

, the three Turkic tribes attacked capital. Kutluk Yabgu was killed. He was succeeded by

Özmiş Khagan Özmiş Khagan () - was the last penultimate khagan of the Second Turkic Khaganate (Göktürks). Background His father Pan Kul Tigin was a shad (governor) of the empire during the reign of Bilge Kutluk Khagan. Although Pan Kül Tigin had sta ...

by some Turkic nobles. Meanwhile, Basmyl chief

Ashina Shi Alp Bilge Qağan () or Eletmiş Qağan () — was a Basmyl chief who rebelled and brought Second Turkic Khaganate to an end. Reign His personal name was Ashina Shi (阿史那施) was a grandson of Ashina Duoxifu (阿史那咄悉匐), thus a gra ...

also declared himself as khagan.

References

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