Niri Qaghan

Niri Qaghan
Memorial statue of Niri Qaghan, at Mongolküre, Xinjiang, China.[1]
Qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate
Reign587-599
SuccessorHeshana Khagan
Died599 or 604
SpouseLady Xiang (向氏)
IssueHeshana Khagan
FatherYangsu Tegin
ReligionBuddhism

Niri Qaghan (Chinese: 泥利可汗; pinyin: Ní lì kè hán; Sogdian: nry x’γ’n, Rouran: nı̣rı̣ kagan) was a ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate.[2]

  1. ^ Pohl, Walter (15 December 2018). The Avars: A Steppe Empire in Central Europe, 567–822. Cornell University Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-5017-2940-9.
  2. ^ Bauer, Susan Wise (2010). The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-393-05975-5.

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