Kutlug I Bilge Kagan
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Kutlug I Bilge Peilo Kagan (aka Qutlugh Bilge Köl, throne name: 骨咄禄毗伽阙可汗 [gudulupigaquekehan], personal name: 骨力 裴 罗 [gulupeiluo] Guli Peilo) - Kaghan
Kaghan
Kaghan is a small town and union council of the Balakot Tehsil, in Mansehra District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It has a reputation as a place of great natural beauty....

 of Uyghur Khaganate, the successor state of the Turkic Khaganate, he ruled from 744 to 747 CE. Guli Peilo was a leader of Uigur confederation with a title Kutlug Boyla (Guli Peilo in Chinese rendering), a son of Hushu (护输). After the leader of the Turkic Kaghanate Bilge Qaghan died, within the ruling Ashina clan arose a factional struggle. An alliance of Basmyl
Basmyl
The Basmyls were a 7–8th century Türkic nomadic tribe who mostly inhabited the Dzungaria region in the northwest of the modern day People's Republic of China. According to literary sources, the terms Basmyls and Basmals are readily interchangeable...

s (拔悉蜜), Uigurs, and Karluks overthrew the Ashina
Ashina
Ashina was a tribe and the ruling dynasty of the ancient Turks who rose to prominence in the mid-6th century when their leader, Bumin Khan, revolted against the Rouran...

 dynastic tribe and in the spring of 745 killed the last Ozmish Qaghan. At first, the Basmyl chief was was elected a Kaghan titled Ilterish Kaghan (742—744), but he was soon overthrown by the allies, who elected Kutlug Boyla as Kutlug Bilge Kaghan.

Reign

The Uyghur Khaganate included Toquz Oghuz (nine Uigur tribes), which were the Kaghan clan Yaglakar (Ch. 藥羅葛/药罗葛 Yaowuge, Yaologe) and eight Uigur tribes known in Chinese rendering: 1. 胡 咄 葛 Huduoge, 2. 啒罗勿 Guluowu, 3. 貊歌息讫 Mogexiqi, 4. 阿勿嘀 A-Wudi, 5. 葛萨 Gesa, 6. 斛嗢素 Huwasu, 7. 药罗葛 Yaoluoge, 8. Xiyawu 奚牙勿 ; six Tele
Tiele
Tiele may refer to:*Tiele people, an ancient people of Central Asia*Tiele, Mali, commune and town*Cornelis Petrus Tiele...

 tribes in the confederation, Boke, Hun, Bayyrku, Tongren, Syge, and Kibir, had an equal status with the Uigurs; the reduced Basmils numbered eight tribes, and Karluks had three tribes calld Uch-Karkuk (Three Karkuks). Eleven tribes of the Basmils and Karluks had a lowewr status, and were staged as vanguard of the Uighur army.

After coming to power in 744, Kutlug Bilge Kaghan moved his court to Khar Balgas (Ordu-Baliq
Ordu-Baliq
Ordu-Baliqalso spelled Ordu Balykh, Ordu Balik, Ordu-Baliq, Ordu Balig, Ordu Baligh , also known as Mubalik, was the capital of the first Uyghur Empire, built on the site of the former Göktürk imperial capital, 17 km north-to-northeast of the later Mongol capital, Karakorum...

) in the Orkhon
Orkhon
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 valley. In foreign policy, Kutlug Bilge Kaghan maintained alliance with the Tang
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

 China, started at the China behest in its fight against the Eastern Turkic Khaganate. In 745 Uigurs defeated last Turkic Kaghan Baimei Kagan Cooloon bey (aka Ch. Ashina Gulongfu, 744 - 745, 白眉可汗 Baimei Kehan 鶻隴匐/鹘陇匐 Gulongfu), and Kutlug Bilge Kaghan ordered to send his head to Chang'an, after which the Tang Emperor generously thanked him. For the next two years, the Uigur power continuously expanded, although its control did not reach the size of the Turkic Kaghanate.

In 747 Kutlug Bilge Kaghan died and his son Bayanchur Khan
Bayanchur Khan
Bayanchur Khan , was an Uyghur khagan from 747 to 759 AD. His official titles were "Ay Tengrida Qut Bolmish" and "El Etmish Bilge Qaghan" . His Tang Dynasty-invested title was Yingwuweiyuanpiqiejuo Khan or Yingwu Khan in short...

 was elected Kaghan as El-etmish Bilge Kaghan.

Translated from http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кутлуг_I_Бильге_Пэйло
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