Zhangxin Qaghan () or Alp Külüg Bilge Qaghan was the eleventh ruler of Uyghurs. His personal name was Yaoluoge Hu (藥羅葛胡). He succeeded his uncle in 833.

Reign

Chinese records state that he sent an embassy led by

Princess Taihe Princess Taihe (太和公主, personal name unknown), later, in 843, known as Princess Ding'an (定安公主) or Princess Anding (安定公主), was a princess of the Chinese Tang dynasty and a khatun (empress) of the Uyghur Khaganate. She was ma ...

to Tang, accompanied with seven women horse-archers and two

Shatuo The Shatuo, or the Shatuo Turks (; also transcribed as Sha-t'o, Sanskrit SartZuev Yu.A., ''"Horse Tamgas from Vassal Princedoms (Translation of Chinese composition "Tanghuyao" of 8-10th centuries)"'', Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences, Alma-Ata, I ...

captives on 16 June 835. His peace policy with China proved him an unpopular ruler. This led to a rebellion in 839 by the Sogdian official An Yunhe (安允合) and Uyghur minister Chai Lei (柴勒). Qaghan was able to defeat and kill them, but a subsequent battle against another Uyghur official, general Jueluowu (掘羅勿) along with the

chief Zhuye Chixin was lost. Zhangxin died by suicide following the battle.{{Cite book, title=Tang China and the collapse of the Uighur Empire : a documentary history, last=Drompp, Michael Robert, 1953-, date=2005, publisher=Brill, isbn=9004141294, location=Leiden, pages=35, oclc=56318277 He was succeeded by Qasar Qaghan.

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