Bars Bek Explained

Bars Bek
Succession:Khagan of Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate
Reign:693 - 710/711
Coronation:693
Predecessor:State established
Successor:Bilge Tong Erkin
Birth Date:637
Death Date:711
Death Place:Son River (modern-day Khakassia)[1] [2] [3]
Spouse:Sister of Bilge Khagan
House:Aje
Religion:Tengriism

Bars Bek (Old Turkic: :; ; ; 637–710/711) or Inanch Alp Bilge,[4] was the first khagan of the Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate.

Reign

Nothing is known about Bars Bek's early reign, except minor information fragments contained within Orkhon and Yenisei inscriptions. The royal Aje clan, which Bars Bek was a member of, claimed descent from the Han dynasty general Li Ling.[5] [6] [7]

During his reign, he was believed to be hostile to the Göktürks until he married with one of the daughters of Ilterish Qaghan and was appointed as a lesser khagan ruling over Az and Kyrgyz tribes.[1] [2] [8]

In the late 7th century, according to Takeshi Osawa, Bars Bek mediated talks between Suoge and the Emperor Zhongzong of Tang.[9] According to Klyashtorny, he sent an ambassador named Eren Ulug to the Tibetan Empire in an attempt to form an alliance but was unsuccessful.[10]

Title

According to Sergei Klyashtorny, Bars Bek's anointed name was Inanch Alp Bilge and was mentioned as such in Yenisei inscriptions.[11] Turkish historian Saadeddin Gömeç argued against this.[12]

Death

After news of the triple alliance reached Tonyukuk, he decided to eliminate the Kyrgyz first. Roads to Kyrgyz lands were blocked by heavy snow, forcing them to find a guide. They first crossed Ak Termel (modern Ona - a tributary of Abakan). However, after ten nights of searching for a way out, their guide became lost and was executed on the orders of Qapaghan. After a few days, they arrived at Kyrgyz headquarters and launched a night attack on Bars Bek, killing him.[13] A memorial stele was erected after his death, on the left side of the Abakan river.[14]

He was succeeded by his son and Bilge Khagan's nephew.[15]

Legacy

A commemorative coin honouring Bars Bek was issued by the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2010.[16] In 2017, a monument to Bars Bek was erected in Osh.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Bilge khagan's Memorial Complex. bitig.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203230249/http://www.bitig.org/?lang=e. 2015-02-03. 2018-08-25. dead.
  2. Web site: The Kultegin's Memorial Complex. bitig.org. 2018-08-25.
  3. Web site: Новая литература Кыргызстана . 2022-10-11 . www.literatura.kg.
  4. Book: Akaevich, Askar. Kırgız devlet geleneği ve Manas. 2003. Da Yayıncılık. İbrahimova, Salih., Rahmanov, Ergeşbay., Şimşek, Tuğba.. 9756571446. İstanbul. 54950584. Askar Akayev.
  5. Book: 8 February 2012. The role of women in the Altaic world: Permanent International Altaistic Conference, 44th meeting, Walberberg, 26–31 August 2001. Veronika Veit. illustrated. 152 of Asiatische Forschungen. 2007. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. 978-3447055376. 61. 11 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230311103846/https://books.google.com/books?id=OBEIq8kTQBcC&pg=PA61. live.
  6. Book: 8 February 2012. Tang China and the collapse of the Uighur Empire: a documentary history. Michael Robert Drompp. illustrated. 13 of Brill's Inner Asian library. 2005. BRILL. 9004141294. 126. 11 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230311103847/https://books.google.com/books?id=NB6DEdAxLOsC&pg=PA126. live.
  7. Book: Kyzlasov, Leonid R. . 2010 . The Urban Civilization of Northern and Innermost Asia Historical and Archaeological Research . The Urban Civilization of Northern and Innermost Asia Historical and Archaeological Research . Florilegium magistrorum historiae archaeologiaeque Antiqutatis et Medii Aevi . Curatores seriei VICTOR SPINEI et IONEL CANDEÂ VII . ROMANIAN ACADEMY INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY OF IAȘI Editura Academiei Romane – Editura Istros . 245 . 978-973-27-1962-6 . 2020-04-30 . 2021-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211026182016/https://nbdrx.ru/pdf/bx00000168.pdf . live .
  8. Book: Zhivkov, Boris. Khazaria in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries. 2015-05-07. BRILL. 9789004294486. 65. en.
  9. Takeshi. Osawa. 1996. Jenissei-Kirghiz in the Early Eighth Century.. Shihō. ja. The Toyoshi-Danwa-kai Hokkaido University. 28. 1–24.
  10. Web site: Altyn-Kol (E-29). bitig.org. 2018-08-25.
  11. Кляшторный.. С. Г.. 1976. Стелы Золотого озера (к датировке енисейских рунических памятников). Turcologica. 258.
  12. Book: Orkun, Hüseyin Namık. Eski Türk Yazıtları. 1936. 1. Istanbul. 35–39.
  13. Web site: The Tonyukuk's Memorial Complex. bitig.org. 2018-08-25.

    : : : : : : : : : (in Old Turkic script) / Their Khagan gathered the army. We fought them, killed their khagan. Kyrgyz people surrendered our Khagan. (English translation)

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  14. Web site: Altyn-Kol (E-28). bitig.org. 2018-08-25.
  15. Book: Istorii︠a︡ eniseĭskikh kyrgyzov. Butanaev. V.. Khudyakov. Y. S.. 2000. Izd-vo Khakasskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta im. N.F. Katanova. 5781001190. Abakan. 69. 47206450.
  16. Web site: National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic. www.nbkr.kg. 2018-08-25.
  17. News: В городе Ош предлагают перенести монументальную композицию Барсбек Каган. 27 July 2017. КАБАРЛАР - Всегда первый!. 2018-08-25. 2018-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180825180022/http://kabarlar.org/news/92530-v-gorode-osh-pamyatnik-barsbek-baatyra-perenesut-v-drugoe-mesto.html. dead.

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