The Issue of Qutlug Qaghan’s Identity in the Nomgon Inscription Nomgon Yazıtı’ndaki Kutlug Kagan’ın Kimliği Meselesi

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Bilig, cilt.2023, sa.106, ss.35-54, 2023 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2023 Sayı: 106
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12995/bilig.10602
  • Dergi Adı: Bilig
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.35-54
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Elterish Qaghan, Nomgon Inscription, Qapghan Qaghan, Qutlugh Kaghan, Tian-nan, Turkic Khaganate
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The newly discovered inscriptions in Mongolia have aroused ex-citement in the Turcology community. Announcing the discovery of these inscriptions, the officials of the International Turkish Academy informed the public about the content of the inscription and initiated a discussion about the identity of the khan mentioned in the inscription. In this paper, by using Chinese historical sources within the boundaries of the Second Turkic Khaganate period, the owner of the inscription is tried to be ap-pointed with the keywords of “the year of cow”, the “Son of Heaven,” and “Qutlugh Kaghan” in the Nomgon Inscription. As a result, it has been revealed that the person described in the inscription was not the founder of the Second Turkic Khaganate Elterish Qaghan, but instead, second Qaghan and his brother Qapghan Qaghan.