Bayanchur Khan
| Bayanchur Khan | |||||
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| Khagan | |||||
| Reign | Uyghur Khaganate: 747–759 | ||||
| Predecessor | Guli Peilo | ||||
| Successor | Qutluq tarqan sengün | ||||
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| Father | Guli Peilo | ||||
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| El-etmish bilge |
Bayanchur Khan (known also as Moyanchur Khan) (Chinese: 藥羅葛磨延啜; pinyin: Yàolúogě Mòyánchùo), was an Uyghur khagan from 747 to 759 AD. His official titles were "Ay Tengrida Qut Bolmish" and "El Etmish Bilge Qaghan" ("born with glory on Moon Heaven" and "state settled wise ruler"). His Tang Dynasty-invested title was Yingwuweiyuanpiqiejuo Khan (英武威遠毗伽闕可汗) or Yingwu Khan (英武可汗) in short. He was succeeded in the Uyghur Khaganate by his son Bogu Tekin (759-779 AD)
Bayanchur succeeded his father, Guli Peilo, who had headed the rebellion against the Göktürks, annihilated them and had established in 744 the Uyghur Khaganate ( known as third uyghur " El " or khaganate ).
Bayanchur Khan belonged to the ruling Yaglakar tribe of the on-uyghur confederation of ten tribes ( known as northern alliance ) and toquz-oghuz confederation of nine tribes ( known as southern alliance ). At that time both allied confederations adopted a name, Uyghur, which composed of two elements: Uy or Uymak ("to bond") and Ghur ("the people"), i.e. " United people " or " free confederation of people (Erkin Budun), voluntarily bound into an alliance ".
In 751, Bayanchur established the new capital in the Orkhon Valley and named it Ordu-Baliq. It was built with help of the invited Chinese and Sogdian builders at the foot of the sacred Otukan. The city had city walls made of brown bricks and was probably ringed with a rectangular moat. There was a detached citadel fortified by walls with two gates and watch towers, where the Khagan and his nobles lived with their families.
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