Tonyukuk, also known as Ashide Yuanzhen, was the baga tarkhan, or supreme commander, and adviser of four successive Gokturk khagans: Ilterish Qaghan, Qapaghan Qaghan, Inel Qaghan and Bilge Qaghan. Born around 646 and dying around 726, he conducted victorious campaigns against various Turkic and non-Turkic steppe peoples, including the Tolis, Xueyantuo, Toquz Oguz, Yenisei Kyrgyz, Kurykans, Thirty Tatar, Khitan and Tatabi, as well as against the Tang dynasty. Historians such as E. P. Thompson and Peter Benjamin Golden have described him as a kingmaker.
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Veneration StatusHistorically Significant but Not Venerated 2 In the Other Atlases
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Source Tonyukuk (Wikipedia)Infobox: birth_placeQuote, Infobox: birth_place
Yulin, Tang dynasty (modern day Inner Mongolia)
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1. Tonyukuk (Wikipedia)
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(Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰪𐰸𐰸, romanized: Bilgä Tuňuquq, lit. 'Tunyuquq the Wise', Chinese: 暾欲谷; pinyin: Tunyugu, Chinese: 阿史德元珍; pinyin: Āshǐdé Yuánzhēn, born c. 646, died c. 726)
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Tonyukuk or Ashide Yuanzhen (Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰪𐰸𐰸, romanized: Bilgä Tuňuquq, lit. 'Tunyuquq the Wise', Chinese: 暾欲谷; pinyin: Tunyugu, Chinese: 阿史德元珍; pinyin: Āshǐdé Yuánzhēn, born c. 646, died c. 726) was the
View the Source2. Tonyukuk, Structured Record (Wikidata Q2384764)
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