Zhaoli Qaghan (昭禮可汗) was tenth ruler of Uyghurs. His personal name was recorded as Yaoluoge Hesa (藥羅葛曷薩) in Chinese sources. His Uyghur name could be Qasar or Xazar.
Background
He was a younger brother of
Chongde and a son of
Baoyi Qaghan. He was a ''
tegin
Tegin (, also tigin, MC *''dək-gɨn'' > Pinyin: ''Tèqín''; , erroneously ''Tèlè'' ) is a Turkic title, commonly attachable to the names of the junior members of the Khagan's family. However, Ligeti cast doubts on the Turkic provenance b ...
'' during his brother's and father's reign and styled as Hesa Teqin (曷薩特勤). He succeeded his brother in 824.
Reign
Upon his enthronement, he received 12 chariots as gift and 500,000 pieces of silk as a trade for horses from
Emperor Wenzong of Tang.
He received additional tribute of 200,000 pieces of silk in 827. Another tribute was recorded in 829. He was murdered in early 833 by his ministers, who made his nephew Hu Tegin, to succeed him as
Zhangxin Qaghan. Mourning ceremony in
Chang'an
Chang'an (; zh, t=長安, s=长安, p=Cháng'ān, first=t) is the traditional name of the city now named Xi'an and was the capital of several Chinese dynasties, ranging from 202 BCE to 907 CE. The site has been inhabited since Neolithic time ...
was on 20 April 833 .
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833 deaths
9th-century monarchs in Asia
9th-century murdered monarchs
Ädiz clan
Uyghur khagans