Qaghan

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Qaghan or Khagan ( ; ) is a title of imperial rank in the Turkic and Mongolian languages equal to the status of emperor and someone who rules a khaganate (empire). Qaghan may refer to: *Bumin Qaghan (a.k.a. Bumın Kagan) or Illig Qaghan, (died 552 AD), the founder of the Turkic Khaganate *Issik Qaghan, the second ruler of the Turkic Khaganate (552-553) *Muqan Qaghan, the second son of Bumin Qaghan and the third khagan of the Göktürks. Ruled 553 – 572 *Taspar Qaghan or Tatpar Qaghan, the third son of Bumin Qaghan and Wei Changle, and the fourth khagan of the Turkic Khaganate (572–581) *Ishbara Qaghan (before 540 – 587), the first son of Issik Qaghan, grandson of Bumin Qaghan, and the sixth khagan of the Turkic Khaganate (581–587) *Apa Qaghan, son of Muqan Qaghan, declared himself qaghan of the Turkic Khaganate and reigned: 581–587 *Bagha Qaghan, the seventh ruler of the Turkic Kaganate (587–589) *Niri Qaghan, ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate (587-599) *Heshana Qaghan (died 619), a khagan of Western Turkic Khaganate (604-612) *Yami Qaghan (?–609), personal name Ashina Jankan, a khagan of Eastern Turkic Khaganate, known in some point as Tolis Qaghan *Tong Yabghu Qaghan was khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate from 618 to 628 *Illig Qaghan, later Tang posthumous title Prince Huang of Guiyi, the last qaghan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate *Tolis Qaghan (603–631), personal name…

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